Neela Nath poses after the Kerala Natanam competition in Kozhikode on Friday. , Photo credit: Abha Raveendran
Neela Nath is already on her way to becoming an accomplished dancer. A Class 10 student of AKKR Girls HSS, Chelanur, Kozhikode, she has made quite a name for herself before participating in the Kerala Natanam (HS-Girls) event at the State School Arts Festival in Kozhikode on Friday. Ironically, most of her achievements have been in Mohiniyattam, which she considers her favorite classical art form. She is being trained in Mohiniyattam by Pallavi Krishnan.
So far, Neela has participated in dance competitions and concerts in 14 states. She has also ruled the stage in Malaysia and Dubai during her brief career as a dancer and is planning a trip to Oman in the near future.
Apart from Mohiniattam and Kerala Natanam, Nila is also trained in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi and has performed in the All India Music, Dance and Chhattisgarhi Folk Dance Competition organized by Kerala Samajam, Durg-Bhilai in 2018, where she won the ‘Best Child Artist Award. Award. He also won the Byju’s Young Genius Award in 2022.
On Friday, he performed Kerala Natanam based on MT Vasudevan Nair’s masterpiece novel ‘Randamuzham’. It was choreographed by his mentor Kalamandalam Satyavrathan, composed by Kalamandalam Biswas, and melodically rendered by Kalamandalam Vivekanandan.