International Odissi Festival 2011: Arati Kar performs Dekhiba para asa re
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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.
Arati Kar heads the Utkal Dance Research Academy in Bhubaneswar.
The piece 'dekhiba para asa re', is a traditional Oriya abhinaya, commonly performed by young gotipuas, which describes Krishna, the one with the flute.
Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Oriya abhinaya
Pankaj Charan Das gharana
Utkal Dance Research Academy
sabhinaya pallavi
Kalyan Pallavi
Kalyan Pallavi ukuta
Verse:
Dekhiba para asa re
prana sangini sri bansidhara besaku
Nata nagarabara jhuli chaliba tara
Se banka nayanara chahani chatta kaku
Dekhiba para asa re...
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