Shankaravarnam Pallavi- Madhur Gupta (Odissi)
Channel: Madhur Gupta
Date: 14/02/2022

TRIVENI SERIES
Composition- Shankaravarnam Pallavi
Choreography- Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra
Vocals- Ketki Singh
Mardala (percussion)- Shiv Shankar Satpathy

ABOUT TRIVENI SERIES:
Gitang Vadyang Tatha Nrityang Trayang Sangeetmuchyate

Sangeet is the culmination of Gayan, Vadan, & Nritya, or what is commonly known as Vocal music, Instrumental music, and Dance. Triveni Series is an attempt to bring the bare basics of Sangeet together to analyse under this rudimentary lens the patterns one creates in space and time. 

Bereft of embellishments, the attempt is to focus on the rhythmic, melodic, and spacial structures of the Pallavis. 

Why only Pallavis one ponders?

During peak pandemic lockdowns I had an impulse to explore technical patterns of Odissi. Pallavis are the perfect genre. I invited @shivshankarsatpathy and @ketkisingh to collaborate on this project and spent months together to not just present work but enjoy the process of breaking down several classical compositions, create new, and revel in this journey of a work in progress. Sharing a few snippets of the same.

We were humbled to realize how much we know and more than that how much we need to know further.