Maya Ravan by Shobhana
Maya Ravan - an english dance ballet by bharatanatyam exponent Padmashree Shobhana the second dance performance that i am attending in US in as many as 3 years. i was excited and enthued - it has been 6 long years since we had wanted Shobhana and party in Pilani . came to know of the concert just one day earlier and hurried to book my ticket. the tickets were sold out very soon. northern virginia community college at fairfax hosted the show to a packed hall. now to the ballet...... the ballet is a narration in english , conceptualized and choreographed by Shobana and music scored by the carnatic violin virtuoso brothers Ganesh - Kumaresh . the music is remarkably world class with a brilliant sound engineering behind the recording. most of the situational music and the alapanas are in violin. the first anjali piece was choreographed for the Nattai tune of "Dance Like A Man", a short movie starring Shobana for which Gan-Kum has set the music again. the solo piece &