International Odissi Festival 2006: Ketaki Shetge and Ankur Ballal perform Nachanti range srihari

Duration: 00:13:36; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 1.291; Saturation: 0.210; Lightness: 0.108; Volume: 0.519; Cuts per Minute: 4.407; Words per Minute: 8.226

The 3rd International Odissi Festival was organised by IPAP between December 26 - 30, 2006 in Bhubaneswar. Dedicated to the memory of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, the festival also saw the construction of a gigantic open-air dance theatre in the Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya campus. The daylong performances included leading and upcoming Odissi dancers. The festival also made space for seminars, Odissi music and lecture demonstrations.

Ankur Ballal has been studying Odissi under Jhelum Paranjape in Smitalay since 1995. Ankur was noticed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and groomed further by him - as he has done with nearly all the senior students of Smitalay. As a college student he has won the first prize in dance competitions conducted by Swar Sadhana Samiti, Sharada Sangeet Vidyalay and Yuvak Biradari. He has been teaching Odissi at Smitalay for twelve years now. He has assisted Guru Jhelum Paranjape in choreography and has also choreographed Smitalay's production 'Bahinaai'.

Ketaki Shetge studied Odissi under Jhelum Paranjape. She has taught at Smitalay, her guru's institution, and continues to teach Odissi. She is also trained in Bharatanatyam and performs both dances.

Here the two dancers perform Nachanti range srihari , a sabhinaya choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. A sabhinaya has a mixture of nritta and abhinaya.

Bhubaneswar

(Kada-taka-jhena)x4
ta-dhai-dhai
ta-thini-thi-naka-thini ta -

[Kada-taka-
(ta-thin-thi-naka-thini)x3
ta--]x2

Kada-taka-
(Dhai)x8
Tat-dha-tete-kete-kiti-taka-tere-kete-
dha-dha-tete-kete-kiti-taka-tere-kete
dho-dho-tete-kete-kiti-taka-tere-kete
ta-ta-tete-kete-kiti-taka-tere-kete

[Tin-tere-kiti-taka-na-kita-kiti-taka
dhai-tere-kiti-taka-na-kita-kiti-taka
<dhai-kadataka-dha-dhi-ghene-dha]x2

(Dha-kadataka-ta-dhini-taka-dha-dhi-ghene-dhai-)x3

Nachanti range srihari
kunje bihari anande braja nagali

Sargam

(Nachanti range srihari)x3

Kiti-taka-kinajhenu-kina
ta-ri-kita-kukundari
(dhalanga-taka-digu-taka-dha-dhi-ghene-dha)x2
(taka-dha-dhi-ghene-dha)x2

Nachanti range srihari

Sargam

(Nachanti range srihari)x3

Kehu sajani mardala kari prabala bajanti hoi nabhola

Jhenam-ta-kita-taka-taka-dhai-ka-dhai
ta-thom-ta-kitita-gadighene-dhai
kadataka-ta-dhai-tin-dhai-kita-dhai-tin-dhai-ta
(kadataka-taka-jhenam-taka-ta)x2
[kadataka-(ta-jhenam-taka)x3 -ta] x2
[(kadataka-tat-ta-jhena)x2
(ta-kita-ta-kita-ta-kita-ta-kita)
(taka-jhena)x3] x2
Tihai: (Tat-jhena-taka-jhena-thei)x3 tat-dhai-tat-dhai-tat-ta-dhai

Kehu sajani mardala kari prabala bajanti hoi nabhola

Kehu dhari khanjari kehu alap kari

Sargam

Kehu dhari khanjari kehu alap kari
rase ke sahachari sabada ucchari

(Tat-tari-kita-taka-drimi-kita-drimi-taka)x2
(Kukundari-jhenu-kina-ta-jhenu-taka-drimi-ta)x2
(Ta-drimi-drimi-ukutanti-kamini)x2

Krishna manasa kini neu chantise puni)x2

Nachanti range srihari

Kehu bajaye bipanchi kanchi sarani...
rasamandale mohuchi
ke bole tananana hoi harasa mana
mridange dhina dhina bajaye kesumana

(malasri bhairava nata lalita puri)x2
(bela bali gauri sarange range kari)x2
(ke murali ucchari ke sur sware sanchari)x2
(sakala gopa nari)x4 raga puna re kahi

Nachanti range srihari

[(Dhini-ta-kadataka-dhini-ta)x2
dha-ge-de-ge-de-dhini-taka-dhini-te-ta]x2
[(dha-ge-de-ge-de-dhini-taka)x3dhini-te-ta]x2
(dhol-mridanga-dho-ge-de-ge-de-dhini-ta)x2
dho-ge-de-ge-de-dhaiya-dhini-te-ta
(dho-ge-de-ge-de-dho-dho-dho-ge-de-ge-de-dhini-ta)x3
(Percussion)
dhaig-dhaiya-tat-ta-ta
(tat-ta-ta-kadataka-tat-ta-ta)x2
tat-dhai-dhai-dhai-dhai-dhai-ta
(tat-ta-jhena-kadataka-tat-ta-jhena)x2
(ta-jhena-ta-jhena-tat-ta-jhena)x2
(dhin-dha-a-ta-ta-dhini)x4

Last portion of song. The sthayi is repeated at a faster pace.
(Nachanti range srihari
kunje bihari anande braja nagali)x3

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