Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP

Some very humble choreographic work on a bhajan from Abhay Charan sharing here on the blog as per your guidance: https://youtu.be/cG5fOotZqx4.

Ami jamuna Puline:

https://youtu.be/0Jz-djpML6E

Odissi Sarasvati Mangalacharana: https://youtu.be/jhYSjkz2zYU

Maharaj, I have been working with the Odissi repertoire and have spent the past decade contemplating how to give it our Vaishnava perspective/flavor (this is a draft video, narrative needs to be adapted to final video):

https://youtu.be/z-I9dqRvA2w

Maharaj, I humbly seek your guidance 🙏. How am I to institute a Vaishnava pedagogical system that I can practice and teach that has KC significance for our coming generation?

HpS - Awk!! We don't know much. Parama karuna Das may read this! He was professional dancer with the National Ballet of Argentina and Peru. Radha prati jalpa Devi Dasi has been dancer for many years. She writes here. We will try to get her involved.

I'm currently working to create a pedigogical system and documentation within a book, and before I make any decisions I seek your transcendental guidance. We have some pure dance items and steps that are neutral (non-expressive) that are used to just teach student mind-body coordination/rhythm, balance, limb-isolation, strength, flexibility. Currently in my Natyasala Academy, I teach body conditioning and Odissi basics, theory, and repertoire. In a traditional odissi repertoire: 1) Mangalacharana, with kadachit Kalindi lyrics 2) Battu/Sthai, pure dance item, choreography string of postures to rhythm 3) Pallavi, pure dance item developed further by more complex rhythm and raga 4) Abhinaya: pastimes of Radha and Krsna, Dasavatar etc 5) Moksha, pure dance item ending in 'om'.

How would we envision/reinvent this repertoire from a Vaishnava perspective? I am delighted waiting eagerly to hear from you :) 🙏.

HpS - Again this way, way, beyond us. I don't know any devotees who are working on. Of course Manipuri devotees might be a natural resource for this. Please send a note by WhatsApp to remind us to send contact for devotee in Manipura. She is senior professor of biology at Manipura Medical College and about your age I think. She may be both a good technical resource and a good friend.

Maharaj, if I may, I want to ask one more question: what is my duty with regards to Odissi and KC? Please shed some light 🙏. It seems both have come to my life on their own accord and under your guidance I have found glimpses of a meaningful connection between the two. I request you to please shed some light on how I may serve, my occupational duty 🙏?

HpS - Basically the same answer as in the above comments. Of course, it is nice as we can find an audience to appreciate what we are doing. Basis is good rounds. Sincere rounds even if they are not good. Ask other people for advice. From my perspective we chant good rounds and then Krsna can get the advice through to us. It is like turning our head in his direction.

Your aspiring servant,

Shatakshi