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		<title>Legendary Sonal Mansingh</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you, who have limited exposure to Odissi, it is a beautiful dance form that has sculptural quality. It is uniquely graceful. The poses freeze after rounded motions. Its serene beauty casts a spell on many. Sonal Mansingh, the Legend in Odissi, in fact started learning Bharatanatyam and then after her arangetram, moved on to learning Odissi. She was the first dancer to bring Odissi to South India back in 1969, where Bharatanatyam was the main dance form. Sonal enthralled audience with her performance at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai, on 24th December 2009. The opening invocatory piece was on Lord Krishna, whose Rasas were performed with great subtlety. The next item was based on Sabari Moksham, an episode from Valmiki Ramayana. Sonal portrayed the character Sabari who had utmost Shraddha and bhakti for Rama, so beautifully. This was a very well choreographed piece. The final piece was performed with extract from Siva Puranam. In this, Sonal brought out the Navarasa on Lord Shiva. This piece was very unique. With this performance, Sonal Mansingh once again proved to Chennai audience that she is a Legend &#38; a force to reckon with. Excerpts from my short interview with [...]]]></description>
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