The curtains came down on Konark Festival 2022 with an energetic Odissi and deeply moving Kuchipudi recitals on December 5. While the Odissi segment was led by a young and promising composer Pravat Kumar Swain, Kuchipudi was presented under the tutelage of veteran Jaikishore Moshalikanti, a protégé of legendary Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Pravat and his group began their recital with a vivacious ‘Surya Stuti’. All those mythological elements of the Sun God were narrated through various permutations and combinations on stage. The use of ‘Shabda Swarapata’ as an interlude to the ‘Mangalacharana’ was a beautiful blend and added extra lustre to the choreography.
The curtains came down on Konark Festival 2022 with an energetic Odissi and deeply moving Kuchipudi recitals on December 5. While the Odissi segment was led by a young and promising composer Pravat Kumar Swain, Kuchipudi was presented under the tutelage of veteran Jaikishore Moshalikanti, a protégé of legendary Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Pravat and his group began their recital with a vivacious ‘Surya Stuti’. All those mythological elements of the Sun God were narrated through various permutations and combinations on stage. The use of ‘Shabda Swarapata’ as an interlude to the ‘Mangalacharana’ was a beautiful blend and added extra lustre to the choreography.
