Soorya (Singapore) presents Krishna’anubhuti event with three celebrity dancers. It features two presentations, a Kathakali – Bharatanatyam fusion, called Krishna Mayam by Pallippuram Sunil and Paris Laxmi. And the other, an exclusive classical dance recital by Divyaa Unni.
Date: Sun, 7 th July
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium at Dover
Ticketing and Details: www.sooryafest.org / or call 9389 0407
Krishna’ anubhuti (Magical Experience of Krishna)
This Soorya event features two presentations, a Kathakali – Bharatanatyam fusion, called Krishna Mayam by Pallippuram Sunil and Paris Laxmi. And the other, an exclusive classical dance recital by dancer and actress Divyaa Unni.
Krishna Mayam
The Kathakali Bharatanatyam fusion presentation is called Krishna Mayam. After being staged 70 over times across India and across the world it comes to Singapore for the first time.
This is an enticing performance by the highly acclaimed couple, Pallippuram Sunil a prominent Kathakali artiste and Paris Laxmi an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer and actress who are partners in life and on stage.
This unique concept was created and performed for the first
time
by the couple in 2011 in France, and in 2014 it
was made more comprehensive and engrossing and showcased as Krishna Mayam.
Since then the production has successfully
toured all over India and across the world; France, Gulf countries and
Australia.
In 2016 it was staged at Centre Mandapa in Paris, in Salon-de-Provence and for the Festival du Folklore of Lurcy-Levis in France. The 50th show was at the famous Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple.
Based on Lord
Krishna’s pastimes and chronicles, the production uses music and performance
paradigms from standard Kathakali and Bharatanatyam repertoires. Stories
recounted include, Krishna Leelas to Geetopodesham. Pallippuram
Sunil portrays Lord Krishna in Kathakali genre and Paris Laxmi takes roles as
Radha, Draupadi, Kuchela, Gopikas and Arjuna in Bharatanatyam genre.
About the artistes
Paris
Laxmi
Myriam Sophia Lakshmi Quinio, now Paris Laxmi, who is French, says she was “born to dance”. Her parents, father an actor and mother a sculptor were deeply interested in Indian art and culture. She grew up listening to stories of the various Hindu Gods along with Jesus and saints. This made her eager and passionate to learn Indian dance.
Now an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer she is also trained in ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, flamenco and hip-hop. As a dancer in Big B’s ‘Oh January’ and as Michelle, the foreigner Bharatanatyam dancer, who weds the actor Nivin Pauly in the famous movie Bangalore Days she is now a much sought after actress in movies and as a judge in Dance Talent Shows.
Her passion got her connected to Pallippuram Sunil, a consummate Kathakali artiste from Vaikom, Kerala who in turn encouraged and supported her dance passion.
The two were married at the Vaikom temple in 2012 and opened their own dance school, Kalashakti in Vaikom.
Pallipuram Sunil
Fascinated by Kathakali since his childhood, Sunil started learning Kathakali from Kalabhavanam in Vaikom at the age of 14. He started performing in 1997, continued his studies at the RLV College Tripunithura and started teaching in 2004. He has shared stage with eminent Kathakali artistes like Kalamandalam Gopi Ashan, Kottakkal Shivaraman, Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, Mankombhu Shivashankara Pillai, Kalamandalam Vasupesharadi and many others. After getting married to Paris Laxmi in 2012, the Kalashakthi School Of Arts and Kalashakti Mandapam were inaugurated by them in Vaikom where he now teaches Kathakali. The duet, Krishna Mayam that they have composed continues to touch hearts all over the world, reaching various audiences from connoisseurs to common viewers.
Reputed dancer and actress Divyaa Unni
Divyaa Unni is an internationally recognised dancer, teacher,
choreographer and also an accomplished stage and screen actress. She attained
national fame through her acting talents at a very young age. She is a devoted
disciple of highly-respected, diverse classical dance masters Kalamandalam
Gopinath and R L V Anil Kumar.
Divyaa has played lead role for over 50 films in
Malayalam. She has also acted in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies and has
appeared in more than a dozen TV serials.
She has presented a variety of Indian dance
art-forms, such as Bharatanatayam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, and folk dances on
India’s premier Television Channel Doordarshan. In addition to performing
throughout India, she has also danced throughout North America, Europe and Gulf
countries.
The global appreciation of her fans reveals the
unique popular appeal of her artistic versatility, her proficiency in a wide
variety of Indian dance styles. In the pursuit of promoting Indian culture in
the West and developing the artistic talents of young children in the U.S,
Divyaa Unni founded the Sreepādam School of Arts in 2003 in Houston, Texas,
U.S.A.
She has received many awards including the
Aravindaksha Memorial Award – the Abhinaya Tilaka Puraskaram for the best state
dance performance.
So watch these artistes perform at the Soorya event on Sun, 7th July, 6pm at Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium Dover.
Art Exhibition at the venue
The event also hosts at the venue a beautiful art exhibition by over 12 local visual artists on the Theme of Krishna Chronicles / Classical and Traditional art and culture.
Soorya (Singapore) presents Krishna’anubhuti
Date: Sun 7 July
Time: 6 pm
Venue: Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium at Dover
Ticketing and Details: www.sooryafest.org / or call 9389 0407.
It is a first time a duet of this nature in Singapore. Do not miss!!!
