International Odissi Festival 2011: Subhalaxmi Padhi performs Shankarabharanam Pallavi
Director: Pankaj Charan Das
Duration: 00:13:03; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 23.361; Saturation: 0.309; Lightness: 0.077; Volume: 0.143; Words per Minute: 4.902
Summary: The 4th International Odissi Dance Festival in 2011 was held from December 23 to 30, 2011, at Rabindra Mandap Bhubaneswar. The festival was preceded by an attempt to create a world record by having around 550 dancers perform together at Kalinga Stadium. It saw the participation of most major Odissi ensembles in Orissa and a few from outside the state. With performances for over twelve hours each day, the festival featured several hundred performers in solo, duet and group works over eight days. In its scale, the festival offered a bird's eye view of the landscape of contemporary Odissi and its ever-changing nature. It foregrounded new trends in choreography, music and costuming. The seminars during the festival sparked lively debates on issues and concerns in Odissi. One such concern, voiced repeatedly, questioned the definition of tradition within the space of the dance form and the limits it could be stretched to. This raised parallel questions about innovation and experimentation in Odissi - a debate that found itself mirrored in the performances during the festival.
Subhalaxmi Padhi performs the Pankaj Charan Das style of Odissi. She is the daughter of late Odissi guru Sahadev Padhi. She trains under Arati Kar at UDRA, Bhubaneswar.
Here, she performs Shankarabharanam Pallavi, a composition of Guru Pankaj Charan Das.
Pallavi composed by Guru Pankaj Charan Das, in Raga Shankarabharanam.
Arati Kar
Raga Shankarabharanam
Sahadev Padhi
Utkal Dance Research Academy
pallavi
Pankaj Charan Das gharana
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Tihai
The dancer enters.
(ta-ri-jham)x3
Sthayi ukuta:
Ta-jhenu-ta-ri-ta-jhenu-ta
ta-thei-inda-ta-ham-ta-ri-jham
(variations, ending with a tihai)
Antara:
Kukundari-ta-jhenu-ta
jhena-jhenu-ta-thei-inda-ta
jheku-ta-jhenu-ta-ta-ri-jham x 2
drimi-ta-drimi-ta-ta-ri-ta-jhenam x 3
Jham-tari-ki-ta-ta-ka-
ta-jham-ta-ki-ta-taka
Jham-tari-ki-ta-ta-ka-ta-thei-tam
(Ta-ham-ta-ri-ki-ta
ta-ri-ki-ta-kukundari) x2
(ta-drim drim-ta-kita) x2
thei thei thei!
Return to sthayi ukuta
Ta-jhenu-ta-ri-ta-jhenu-ta
ta-thei-inda-ta-ham-ta-ri-jham
Antara (in sargam)
Return to sthayi ukuta
Ta-jhenu-ta-ri-ta-jhenu-ta
ta-thei-inda-ta-ham-ta-ri-jham
Antara 3
It uses the same tune as the first antara, but is sung in bols at a faster speed.
The final return to sthayi ukuta. This is the end of the piece.
Ta-jhenu-ta-ri-ta-jhenu-ta
ta-thei-inda-ta-ham-ta-ri-jham
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