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rekha tandon
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Rekha Tandon is a performer/teacher of Indian classical Odissi dance and as Artistic Director of Dance Routes, has choreographed a unique body of solo and group work combining Odissi’s chiseled movements with folk acrobatics and Yoga.
She received her training in Odissi over 17 years with Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Padmashree Guru Madhavi Mudgal, Guru Trinath Maharana and Guru Surendranath Jena. Her thesis in Dance Studies was mentored by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan and explored expanding the physical parameters of Odissi’s dance practice with reference to Choreological Studies, at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. The research examined Odissi’s creation in the 20th century from folk Gotipua resources, as well as from Odishan temple architecture/sculpture, and its cultural roots in Tantra and Yoga. She has authored two books, ‘Odissi-A Dance of Sculpture’ and ‘Dance as Yoga-the Spirit and Technique of Odissi’.
She received her training in Odissi over 17 years with Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Padmashree Guru Madhavi Mudgal, Guru Trinath Maharana and Guru Surendranath Jena. Her thesis in Dance Studies was mentored by Dr Kapila Vatsyayan and explored expanding the physical parameters of Odissi’s dance practice with reference to Choreological Studies, at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London. The research examined Odissi’s creation in the 20th century from folk Gotipua resources, as well as from Odishan temple architecture/sculpture, and its cultural roots in Tantra and Yoga. She has authored two books, ‘Odissi-A Dance of Sculpture’ and ‘Dance as Yoga-the Spirit and Technique of Odissi’.
Patha Chaadi De Leave my path, Krishna Oriya Abhinaya
An Odishan song describing a chance encounter in the forest where the secret lovers Radha and Krishna meet. Radha berates Krishna for his various mischievous exploits and they have a playful interaction. This piece was accompanied with Pattachitra line drawings story-boarding the references being portrayed by the traditional artist Rabindra Nath Sahu. Original Choreography by Guru Trinath Maharana. Adapted by Rekha Tandon.
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Meditations on Shiva
Просмотров 1833 года назад
This performance was created during a workshop at Skandavan and Auroville with gotipua dancers Purnachandra Maharana, Bishwanath Jena, Bhanupriya Naik, Lakshmidhar Sethi, along with Pratipa, Chandralekha, Jayabharati, Ashwini, Kavita and Namita from Edayanchavadi village, and guest artistes Terra, Ana Costa and Karolina Szwed from Auroville. Concept and choreography by Rekha Tandon. Music and B...
Simha Vahini 2011
Просмотров 1103 года назад
This is a visitation by multi-armed Devi Durga wearing a traditional mask, to the accompaniment of both folk and classical instruments. The piece builds on Sahiyatra processional movements and Gotipua story telling, to describe Her epic slaying of powerful demons that threaten the peace of the world. Artistic Direction: Rekha Tandon. Music: Traditional. Musical arrangement: Michael Weston.
Yantra Group (Bee Festival) 2012 Excerpt
Просмотров 1093 года назад
In Rekha Tandon’s original work ‘Yantra’, movements and postures draw lines of energy centring the mind and bringing it to a point of final stillness. In this rendering, the original choreography was recreated for the Bee Festival in Chennai commissioned by the Asian Heritage Foundation, focusing on geometric floor patterns to evoke the beehive. It was performed with traditional dancers from th...
So Ham 2007 Raghurajpur
Просмотров 1713 года назад
So Ham, the yogic mantra for inhaled and exhaled breath, is a meditative exploration of acrobatic movements that were developed in the folk Gotipua tradition of Odisha, particularly after the 1970s. This piece is both an invocation to latent energy in the body and a physical preparation for Odissi dance. The choreography was first created for young boys in the tradition by Rekha Tandon during a...
Namami with mask 2015
Просмотров 763 года назад
Namami Vighnaraj Thvam… choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, is the first dance piece commonly taught to students when learning Odissi today. It invokes Lord Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, through simple movements and rhythmic patterns. In this rendering, the original choreography has been adapted for the Gotipuas to include a masked Sahiyatra dancer that joined the Dance Routes reper...
Jagannath Swami 2007 Berlin
Просмотров 1233 года назад
Based on verses written by the 16th century mystic poet Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the piece describes Lord Jagannath-God King of the Universe who resides in Puri, as none other than the Krishna of Vrindavan. It praises the Lord and his compassionate exploits as He steps out of His Temple Palace on the annual chariot festival through the main street of the town. The composition was originally create...
Dasavatar 2009
Просмотров 773 года назад
The ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu are invoked in the beginning verses of the 12th century mystic poem Gita Govinda. This has been a popular subject for dancers from many different traditions in India. This particular rendering of the theme is presented as a conversation between four Gotipua dancers, vying with each other to describe the glorious feats of the Lord. The Artistic Direction is by...
Ahe Nila Saila 2015
Просмотров 1323 года назад
This is a popular theme in both the Odissi and Gotipua repertoires of Odisha today. It is presented here as a dance drama by the Dance Routes repertory group. The Artistic Direction is by Rekha Tandon and the Musical arrangement by Michael Weston.
Yantra Solo Excerpt
Просмотров 1763 года назад
In Tantra, the yantra is a flat geometric diagram, or a three dimensional model of the diagram, used to focus and harness energy during ritual worship. Yantra Solo, choreographed and performed by Rekha Tandon, uses the body’s axis as the centre from which virtual geometric patterns are drawn in space. The original musical score for this dance was created by Michael Weston using beej mantras, or...
Padavande
Просмотров 8803 года назад
Addressing Lord Ganesh in Odissi dance, this piece is based on choreography created in the 1950s by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, and performed here by Rekha Tandon using movement and space as a ‘virtual yantra’. The traditional pneumonic patterns, or bols, used for such invocations, or mangalacharans, in Odissi have been recomposed here by Guru Trinath Maharana. Original music by Bhuvaneshwar Mis...
Mukhaari
Просмотров 3853 года назад
An Odissi Pallavi, here in raag Mukhaari, is a ‘flowering’ of melody and rhythm in classical Indian dance and music. The choreography was created through one-to-one sessions over a year between Guru Trinath Maharana and Rekha, where he both composed the pakhawaj score and directed the movements on Rekha’s dancing body. The melodic composition is by Rama Rao.
Kuru Yadu Nandana (Excerpt)
Просмотров 2113 года назад
This piece is based on the popular choreography in Odissi’s repertoire by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, to text from the 12th century Gita Govinda. It celebrates the intimate love between the human soul and God as passionate lovers. In this rendering, the music was composed and sung by Shiba Prasad Rath and accordingly, the movement material reinterpreted to suit the new score.
Battu Excerpt Mukteswar Temple
Просмотров 1973 года назад
Battu is a traditional Odissi composition choreographed by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra that is dedicated to dancing Shiva as Battukeswar Bhairav. It is based on drum patterns from the folk Gotipua tradition of Odisha and contains musical patterns used for the creation of Odissi’s first lyrical movements. This footage of Rekha Tandon dancing Battu was filmed inside the 10th century Mukteswar Templ...
SHYAMA
Просмотров 1823 года назад
Indian classical Odissi dance and choreography by Rekha Tandon to a 16th century mystic poem written by the blind, medieval mystic Surdas, with thumri music by Pandit Hari Charan Verma and pakhawaj drum by Guru Trinath Maharana. The piece describes a state of yearning experienced by the young milkmaid Radha for the beautiful Shyama/Krishna. This theme symbolises the desire of the individual sou...