Mudgal

You couldn't confuse one with the other - Mudgal was the rounder of the two, with a discernibly soft physicality, while Valli possessed a more athletic, reedlike appearance.

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

Each woman had a solo; Mudgal's, titled "Vasant" and inspired by a 6th-century Sanskrit ode to spring, was especially pleasing.

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

Mudgal is an expert in the curvaceous, fluid technique of odissi, while Valli is a leading practitioner of the sharper, well-defined movements of bharatanatyam.

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

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With her bare feet patting out a pulse that would make Fred Astaire blanch, Mudgal might dip and scoop her waist, round her back, describe mountain breezes with her arms and the flight of birds with her fingers, all the while traveling serenely around the stage and even whirling once or twice.

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

Hear Panjabi MC mix Punjabi folk music with hip-hop or feast your eyes on dancers Madhavi Mudgal and Alarmel Valli, who will revive the lost temple dance form Odissi with Bharatanatyam, a classical style from southern India.

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Samanvaya is the Sanskrit word for harmony, an idea that Mudgal and Valli made incarnate by combining their dance styles.

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

Madhavi Mudgal and Alarmel Valli, renowned classical dancers and utterly charming performers, kept the audience rapt at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater on Wednesday with subtle drama taken at a leisurely pace in "Samanvaya: A Coming Together."

'Samanvaya': Harmony in motion, sealed with a look 2011

However, her husband Ashok Chaudhry (35) and his friend Nikhil Mudgal (32) were there, SSP Raghubir Lal said.

Analysis 2010

Mudgal graces "Daras Bin," sending her powerful voice over an artfully arranged string section composed by Ben-Tzur.

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