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A treat for Kuchipudi lovers
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Deepika Reddy and her students came up with a spectacular performance.
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Govardhan Giridhari Deepika Reddy and her disciples at Ravindra Bharathi
Deepika Reddy is one of our erudite Kuchipudi artistes. Her show at Ravindra Bharathi marking the third anniversary of her institution Deepanjali, held on Monday, was a remarkable event. Deepika and her students made the show memorable with the sheer
level of discipline, right from the entrance and exit of the artistes; young girls were introduced for particular numbers and then withdrawn according to the need of the script, maintaining the ongoing beat.
The dance items of the evening included Nritta, Nriya, Natya and Abhinaya. Deepika is a student of Vempati Chinna Satyam and winner of the ‘Kala Ratna’ award of the state government and gained vast experience in dancing at various festivals in the country and abroad.
She opened with Sri Ganapatini Sevimpa Rare, an invocation to Vinayaka. In this solo, she was joined by her disciples Sravya, Nihira, Pooja, Sasi, Sreya and Pragjna.
Then there was a popular Athana Jatiswaram presented by Niveda, Neeharika, Malavika, Rithika, Kavya, Nitya, Priyanka, Rajitha, Sriharsha, Divya, Rohini, and Manvita.
It was here the technique of grouping of disciples in a perfect order and seeing to it the continuity of the nritya oriented presentation not disturbed.
Govardhana Giridhari, a Tarangam by Narayana Teertha, had three elements that Deepika and her disciples Mihira, Sravya and Pooja presented.
First, this depicted the scene of Gopika Vastrapaharanam where Krishna plays a prank on Gopikas bathing in the river. He hides their clothes and demands that they pray to him with total humility.
The second part showed the way Krishna saves his devotees from the wrath of Indra by lifting the mountain Govardhana Giri and providing shelter to them under it.
This number also incorporated a nritta-oriented dance to the mridangam beats, standing on the edges of the brass plates, a common feature in Kuchipudi dance. Deepika and one of her students figured in this part of the show.
The final number was a Hindola raga Tillana again in which most of her students Rithika, Gayatri, Sanjukta,Vaishnavi Samata, Mounika, Sushmita and Tejasvi figured. Then Deepika took up a Kshetrayya Padam Evvade Vaadu in Sankarabharanam and presented it well.
The show ended with the popular Tandnana Hure of Annamayya, a folk number set in Bowli ragam.Kishore Mosalikanti, a disciple of Vempati, conducted the show to the vocal support of Ramesh Jetti, with Rajagopalacharya on mridangam, Dinakar on violin, Murali on flute. K.R. Suresh Reddy, speaker AP Assembly and matinee idol Akkineni Nageswra Rao blessed the artistes and appreciated Deepika’s contribution to Kuchipudi.
G.S
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