The rendition of a Hindustani Carnatic and western fusion music recently by Soundarya Laya group and the classical dance performance—Mohiniattam by Padmashree Bharti Shivaji was a heavenly experience for the audience at Kala Academy, Panaji.

The Nritya Sankul hosted the ‘Infinity and Beyond 2010’ (music and dance festival) that was inaugurated at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao and had their second segment in Kala Academy, Panaji.
Soundarya Laya, with their unique blend of rhythm with melody marked the celebration with a signature tune. One of the performer explained, “Every time we perform, there is something new to add. This time, through our performance titled ‘cloudburst’ we paid tribute to the victims affected by the flash floods in Leh, Ladakh.”
The performance started with ‘Journey through woods,’ that was set through raga ‘Valachi’ in Carnatic and ‘Kalavati’ in Hindustani music, while the chords in western music which were played in harmony with the Hindustani music. They ended playing a confusion fusion, where the audience played the fusion clapping on the beat of the confusion played by the group.
“The title confusion was given because we played extempore and fusion because of the involvement of everyone. New sounds  are introduced, some syllables and with the basic aim to create a new piece at the end,” added one of the performer. 
Padmashree Bharti Shivaji performed ‘Ganesh Stuti’, a dance form dedicated to lord Ganesha. ‘Piu’ the technique of Mohiniattam was brought into effect in the dance form ‘Mukhachalam’. The graceful movements of Bharti Shivaji rendered ‘Ashtapadhi’, which is an extract from ‘Geet Govind’. It is sung in a distinct manner in every state. The devotional song called ‘Sopana Sangeetam’ describes Krishna’s relationship with beautiful ‘gopis’ on the banks of the river Yamuna. Bharti ended the performance with ‘Pandattam’, a representation of a ball game.