Summary:
Essentially it was an attempt to highlight the splendour of nritta through a holistic approach. Presented in five parts, the production opened with ‘Pratikriya’, which showcased how a dancer responds to dance. Rama has groomed her daughter Sannidhi Vaidyanathan as a mridangam artiste and it was her drumming that opened the show. As the tempo rose, four dancers entered one after the other, moving in sync with the beats and performing different adavus. Here, the movements of the palanquin carriers, both parallel and lateral, mirrored the dance of Siva..