Taranga Pallavi in Bilahari Raga - Omkara Dance Festival, 2024

Taranga Pallavi Pallavi is a lyrical elaboration of rhythmic, melodic and movement themes. It is considered the most graceful and lyrical form of "pure" or abstract dance in the Odissi repertoire. Taranga Pallavi conveys the undercurrent mood of waves on the sea as the unique torso movements of Odissi flow throughout the dance like water breaking on the shore Raga: Bilahari Tala: Odissi 4 beat Ektali Music: Pt. Bhubaneswar Misra. Choreography by Padma Vibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Performed by Vishwanath Mangaraj, Nitisha Nanda, Pragya Ghosh, Aashi Kumar, Pooja Kumar and Perrine Legoullon. Musicians -Vocal -Sukanta Kumar Nayak & Ashish Nayak, Mardala – Pt. Prafulla Mangaraj, Violin-Agnimitra Behera, Flute-Srinibas Satapathy Omkara Dance Festival and Parivartan-Generational Change in Dance Seminar Conceived by Sharon Lowen