Aug 19 2024 to Aug 19 2024 7 p.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

There are songs written by poets, saints and artists based on thought-provoking phrases found in epics, shastras and other ancient literary works. These songs inspire dancers to expand and interpret the ideas to create dances. These dances are timeless and hold the audience and dancers together. Sharmila Biswas brings four such dances to the audience of Bangalore.

Vilasini: Reminiscence of an old temple dancer of Puri.

Kundalika: Designing spirals in space and in the body.

Maya-Manav: Man’s eternal quest for the unattainable.

Evoking Radha: A fantasy world, which every woman longs for while living her mundane life.

The special treatment given to each makes these four dances interesting. The high-spirited and humorous old Devdasi describing her fineries, a dancer connecting the inner spirals with the outer, exploration of traditional theatre styles of Odisha, combining Vachik Abhinaya with dance, are some of the highlights of Vahuvachan. 

Performer

Sharmila Biswas Oddisi Dancer & Choreographer

Sharmila Biswas is one of the leading dancers and choreographers in the field of Indian Classical Dance. She is known for her contribution to the development and promotion of Odissi Dance and Music in the past three decades. One of the prominent students of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, she has participated as the lead dancer in a number of her Guru’s dance productions and toured in India and abroad. Sharmila Biswas is the Artistic Director of Odissi Vision & Movement Centre, one of the prime Cultural Institutions of India. Tracing the many facets of traditional performing arts of Odisha, and in that context viewing Odissi Dance and its intrinsic links with its roots have been the foundation of most of the productions of her institution. Both her solo and group works have received critical acclaim. She is also the Dance Director of late Rituparno Ghosh’s award-winning film Chitrangada. Graded as an ‘Outstanding’ artist by The Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. Of India and ‘Top’ artists by Doordarshan, India, she is also the author of a textbook on Odissi dance titled, Knowing Odissi. Her biographical book Offstage with Sharmila Biswas’ has been published by the National Indo-Canadian Council, Canada. She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contribution to Odishi Dance.