NEW YORK
Mumbai-based Bharata Natyam dancer Nandini Ganesan performed this past weekend at the Hanuman temple auditorium in Glen Oaks, New York. The event was hosted by the America Tamil Sangam, in association with Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple.
Ganesan, a student of Chitra Visweswaran, commencedthe programwith a vibrant Oothukaadu Venkata Subbayar composition “Ananda Narthana Ganapathim,” an invocationion piece in praise of the dancing Lord Ganesha and continued with “Shiva Panchaksharam Stotra,” where Shiva is described as the embodiment of five elements.
Ganesan’s central piece was the “Padavarnam” in Thodi, in the words of her grandfather which talks about the naayika waiting to unite with her Lord Karthik. The second half of the recital showcased a krithi on Sri Rama a popular composition of Mysore Vasudevacharya “brocche va re varura” where she briefly elaborated the episode of “Gajendra moksham.”
Ganesan presented the “Yennathavam Seidhane” of Papanasam Sivan, a piece filled with Vatsalya Bhava, where the divine relation of Yashoda and Krishna was portrayed in episodes like Yashoda seeing the universe in Krishna’s mouth and Krishna being tied to the barrel for his mischievous.
She concluded with a crisp thillana of M. D. Ramanathan that was preceded by a shloka describing Shiva as the “Kailasa.” The orchestral recording from the musicians of Chidambaram Academy of Performing Arts, Chennai and Kalasadan Institute of Fine Arts, Mumbai enhanced the performance.
Ganesan, grand-daughter and disciple of Guru Shri Kalasadan Mani, belongs to a family of dancers and musicians. Under the National Scholarship for Bharata Nayam, from the Government of India, Ganesan underwent advanced training under the tutelage of Visweswaran in Chennai.
Jaya Sundaram, secretary of the America Tamil Sangam, introduced Ganesan, while Long Island physician Dr. Raj Madan, founder of the Madurai Medical College Alumni Associated honored the artist.
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