Curtains down on Rudra Dhara fest

Rourkela: The two-day third ‘Smruti Sradhanjali Festival’ and second ‘Rudra Dhara Festival’, organized by Debnrutyam ended today at the Civic Centre here enthralled the audience with a spectacular performance on stage.

The dance performance by participants from various parts of the country and abroad left the audience spellbound. The dance performance by Suprava Mishra, a dancer, guru, choreographer and writer from Ahmedabad, a renowned exponent of Odissi Classical Dance showcased combined tradition with innovation, classicism with creativity and the ethic with contemporary.

Internationally acclaimed BBC award-winning dancer and choreographer Anurekha Ghosh from the United Kingdom was a perfect combination of classical and sufi tradition of Kathak dance, which is a sublime blend of Persian and North Indian art. The precise footwork, multiple pirouettes excited at lightning speed, sensitive and subtie mime, brilliant rhythmic improvisation of Ghosh created the stage from Stillness into Motion and from Silence into sound.

Rudradhara, a unique attempt and a lesser known form of classical dance was performed by Guru Debashis Pattnaik. It showcased the austerity of Tandava, the quintessential masculine aspect of Indian classical dancing, which is a symbol associated with Lord Shiva.

Besides, Amartya Chatterjee’s Kathak, Rajdeep Banerjee’s Bharatnatyam, Ramayani Roy’s Kathakali, Shaik Khaleel and his group’s Kuchipudi rocked the stage.

Guests presented the mementos to all participants, programme organizer Debashish Pattnaik and to Media Coordinator Mahendra Mishra.

Subrat Tarai, Minister of Commerce and Transport, Dr. Saroj Kanti Mishra, Director, M&HS, RSP, Rourkela, Prasanna Kumar Mishra, Regional Manager, SBI, Rourkela, Ajay Jena, DIPRO, Rourkela, Narayan Pati, GM, RSP, Rourkela were among those present at the function.