INDIAN FINE ARTS ACADEMY of SAN DIEGO's 12th ANNUAL MUSIC AND DANCE FESTIVAL
Episodes From ‘Jaya Jaya Devi’

pArvati lAsyam

bharata muni presents a musical drama with the apsaras (celestial dancers) for s’iva and pArvati, describing the churning of the milk-ocean. Upon witnessing the dance, s’iva suggests that the dance may be enhanced with Ananda tANDavam. He goes on to illustrate this (what turns out to be the beginnings of a tillana). Bharata muni says that such masculine dancing is unsuitable for the apsaras. s’iva then requests pArvati to demonstrate of how tANDavan may be portrayed in a feminine way (lAsyam).

Ragas: nATakurinji, naLinakAnti

Dance Choreography: Swetha Godavarthi, Rohini Herur, Aarthi Mahalingam, Suman Nayak, Neha Patel & Sufi Raina

Performers:
pArvati— Swetha Godavarthi
s’ivan— Suman Nayak
apsarA— Neha Patel
rambai—Sufi Raina
UrvaSi—Neha Patel
menakai— Rohini Herur
tilottama— Aarthi Mahalingam
bharatamuni— Deepti Bhogle