
It all began when I came to know about the series of Classical Music concerts and Dance performances, called 'Festival of Bala Murali', at Chowmahalla palace, a beautiful place!
Third day(yeah, I missed first two) there were two cultural events, a concert by Devan-Drone and a Kuchipudi dance performance by Mrs.Shallu Zindal. The concert went well except for few minor mistakes. I liked 'nothing but peace', 'english note', 'jagadodharana' and the conclusion concept of 'colors' where they played various pieces of classical bits, one after the other with smooth transition. The dance performance was good.
Fourth day rocked!! There was a natyalaya run by Dr.Bala Murali in chennai, called Vipanchi. Four from that group performed four forms of dance, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Odyssey and Kathak. And the final piece was Jugalbandi!! It's a mix of the four forms performed by all four on stage! About the performances, 'awesome' and 'astounding' can at best be modest in talking of those enthralling performances. Following are few details about the performers...