Good choreography marked Kuchipudi dancer Sindhuja’s performance.
Kuchipudi dancer Sindhuja, also a Carnatic singer, gave a recital mostly the choreographic works of her gurus Sobha Naidu and Yasoda Thakore recently at open air theatre of Shilpakala Vedika.
On this occasion Sindhuja was accompanied by her disciples Sri Druthi, Riti, Hansini, Anvi, Sindhura and Nischitha.
Sindhuja opened the show with devotional verses on Vinayaka Vighnarajam Bhaje in abhinaya format. Prahlada Pattabhisheka Sabdam is a detailed number like ‘Ramayana Sabdam’ when the whole story gets narrated in a nutshell using appropriate sabdams, lyrical phrases that became popular in Kuchipudi idiom.Sri Druthi as Lord Narasimha and Hansini as Prahlada, impressed.
Swagatam Krishna in Mohana, another popular composition of Oothukadu was presented impressively portraying sequences from Krishna’s life. He called him in his kriti, ‘slayer of demons’ and ‘protector of Gokulam and Gopikas’. The abhinaya part also brought in elimination of demons like Mushtikasura. Thus the theme encompasses avatara presentation of Vishnu upto incarnation of Krishna. This was solo presentation of Sindhuja who displayed excellence in abhinaya and body language in nritya and nritta. This was set in Mohana ragam.
A Narayana Teertha taranagam, where the dancer danced on the rims of brass plate matching the jatis emanating from mridangam. The show ended with popular Dhanasri tillana of Swathi Tirunal presented by Sindhuja and her disciples Sri Druthi and Riti. It was laced with elegant movements. The lyrical bit was in praise of Padmanabha Swamy.
