Performed under the aegis of the Sutra Foundation, the production Amorous Delight is described as “A case of possession by love” based on “contemporary” Odissi. Complicated description? Sure, wish the production was a little more complex than mere oodles of amour.I have more than a passing interest in classical dance. The Ashta Nayikas are usually portrayed in eight panels on the Rumal.So it was with a great amount of anticipation that I went to see a performance by Ramli Ibrahim, the Malaysian dancer whose fondness for Acrylic Bottle for sale Odissi is unquestioned. It has been inspired by Amarushataka, the 9th century Sanskrit anthology on love. For one it highlighted the fact that tradition is something that needs to be updated all the time if it has to fit the bill of tradition that is like a flowing river.
As archetypal states of the romantic heroine, it has been used as theme in Indian painting, literature, sculpture as well as Indian classical dance.Performed with the backdrop of a series of charming line drawings, the almost naïve sketches were beautiful with their attention to finer nuances like the palm leaf drawings so popular in Odisha.The reason is not far to seek: I feel that not only must the arts be visually modern or contemporary, but also reflect the contemporary sensibility or the yug dharma of the times we live it.However, the dance itself triggered off a whole gamut of thoughts.Ashta-Nayika is a collective name for eight types of nayikas or heroines as classified by Bharata in his Sanskrit treatise onperforming arts — Natya Shastra.Dr Alka Raghuvanshi is an art writer, curator and artist and can be contacted. Ashta-Nayika is a central theme in Pahari embroidery used to decorate the Chamba Rumal, from Himachal Pradesh.
In one section when the Vipralabdha Nayika or one deceived by her beloved, when the nayak is trying to make her come around, it seems as if molesting her.Indian classical painting, sculpture and literature too depicts the Ashta-Nayika Notable medieval paintings that depict the Ashta nayika are the Ragamala paintings, as those from the Bundi school of painting. Dancers, painters and sculptors have all dipped into this creative fountain to create anew and I still sincerely wish Ramli Ibrahim had been a little more sensitive to the contemporary mood of the times rather than go by just blindly making cosmetic changes of costumes and mudras. In these times of great consciousness about gender sensitisation and sexual liberation and sexual harassment, I feel Indian classical dance/music and painting is poised on the verge of major rethink.
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