A vibrant performance

‘Porous Eart - The Journey of a River, a thematic solo dance was performed by Kiranmayee Madupu recently at Hotel Minerva Grand, Kondapur. The solo recital was based on an English poem written by Tejdeep Kaur Menon, a Senior IPS officer.

It was organised by Hyderabad Arts Festival, the India’s longest performing Arts Festival. This three month long non-ticked festival conceptualised to celebrate the spirit of Hyderabad. This festival comes to end on July 22nd with a flute recital by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.

The production was choreographed by Guru Hemamalini Arni. 500 art lovers witnessed the presentation. ‘Porous Earth’ was the journey of a river portrayed through contemporary Bharatanatyam.

The river originates from the mountains and encounters mankind, various flora and fauna, pollutants and social evils and finally merges to be one with the sea. Its captivating journey addresses various compelling issues of the society like water pollution and women empowerment through its narrative.

Set to an original music score, Kiranmayee Madupu performed her best with narration of the poem as part of the presentation. With staggering stage and light design, the production used elements of dance, drama and theatre to give even the most unfamiliar of audiences a pleasurable experience of enjoying a classical dance performance.

The thematic dance presentation Porous Earth was presented previously in several places in India and abroad. It was performed in NCPA for Umaga Series, Colombo in Sri Lanka for High Commission of India and in Singapore at SIFAS. More international performances are on the anvil.