Ananda Bhairavi Pallavi - Part 4 || Odissi Pallavi || Male Odissi Dancer || Rudrakshya Foundation

ANAND BHAIRAVI PALLAVI
In Odissi, as in most of the other Indian Classical dance forms, dance is split into two categories: Nritta & Nritya. Nritta is the technical or pure dance with no meaning as such. Nritya is expressional dance. Pallavi is an example of pure dance or Nritta. Pallavi literally means “blossoming”. This is applicable not only to the dance, but also to the music, which accompanies it. Pallavi starts with slow, graceful & lyrical movements of the eyes, neck, torso & feet & slowly builds in a crescendo to climax in a fast tempo at the end. Both the dance and the music evolve in complexity as the dancer traces multiple patterns in space, interpreting the music dexterously in the multilayered dimensions of taal (rhythm) and laya (speed). This “Pallavi” is in Raga Anand Bhairavi Pallavi.
Dance Choreography - Guru Shri Bichitrananda Swain.
Music Choreography - Guru Shri Ramahari Das.
Rhythm Choreography - Guru Shri Dhaneswar Swain.
Performed under the RUDRAKSHYA FOUNDATION, Bhubaneswar,Odisha.