Shovana Narayan enthralls audience with her performance ‘Samyog-Viyog’

Asavari

and Living Music Society for Arts came together to present ‘Samyog-Viyog’ through

classical music

and dance. The dance programme was presented by

Shovana Narayan

(

kathak

exponent) and Vidushi Sunanda Sharma (classical vocal) at Stein Auditorium, on Wednesday. In classical dance arts of India, shringara rasa holds the most prominent place among all the nine rasas. It includes passion, anger, jealousy, fear and love. Shringar rasa is mainly divided into samyog and viyog. The programme explored and celebrated different dimensions of samyog-viyog through classical music and dance. While Sunanda explored samyog through a thumari, Shovana celebrated samyog through the kathak recital on the poem by LM Singhvi. Viyog was presented through a chaiti sung by Sunanda Sharma. It was followed by an illustration of viyog in the form of kathak by Shovana through two bandishes of Kunwar Shyam rolled into one, showing disappointment at non-arrival of her lover and consequent non-fulfillment in Rag Sudharai.