The Bharathanatyam artist wears lot of jewellery, make-up and a specially stitched dress. These people sit in the corner of a stage or in a place in front of the stage which will be in a lower level than that of the stage. Veena, flute and other instruments are optional. Formerly, deciples were not allowed to wear jingles till their first public performance when they consecrated the jingles, wore them and then performed.Īccompaniments play a major role in the making of a memorable dance performance.Basic accompaniments comprise a singer, a mridangam player, a violin player and the Natuvanga. For a Bharathanatyam dancer, jingles are considered divine. Usually, at least 10-12 years of training is necessary before the Bharathanatyam dancer is ready for Arangetram.Īrangetram was known as Gejjepooje in the old Mysore district, meaning worshiping the jingles in Kannada.
Hence, the guru will decide when the deciple is ready for public graduation. This is the testing time for both the guru and the shishya(deciple) as the guru's knowledge and the deciple's talent both are judged by the public. This is the occation for the guru to present his/her deciple to the public. Ideally this should be the first public appearance of the Bharathanatyam artist. It is also called Rangapravesha in Kannada, another south indian language, Ranga meaning Stage and Pravesha meaning Enter. Truly one unforgettable experience that I can never reimagine.Aranga means raised stage and Etram means climbing in Tamil, one of the south indian languages. I performed my Thillana with the lights of 100’s of cell phones for my Margam in Sankeerna Matya Tala.❤️? I was enthralled while I witnessed this magic doing my Thillana and within 2mins I got my stage lights back. Just like how we raise our mobile torches for all the celebrity bands and their concerts, my rasikas gave me that joy of experiencing the same. the audio never stopped playing and therefore I didn’t stop dancing, I continued to dance without pausing. Almost when I was about to conclude the show, we faced a short power cut for 2mins, all the lights were off and I was in pitch dark but. There’s this magical incident that took place on this specific day of my event 3 years back. #bharathatanyam #baradham #dance #nattiyam #tamilndadu #barathamdance #tamilculture #tamildance #danceoftamilnadu #shiva #natarajar #dance #arangetram #trichy #trichykaari #trichyite #trichygirls for the visit ? Today, it is one of the most popular and widely performed dance styles and is practiced by male and female dancers all over the world. Lord Shiva is considered the god of this dance form. The Natya Shastra is one of the fundamental treatises on Indian drama and aesthetics.īharatanatyam is known for its grace, purity, tenderness, and sculpturesque poses.
It is believed that Bharatnatyam was revealed by Lord Brahma to Bharata, a famous sage who then codified this sacred dance in a Sanskrit text called the Natya Shastra. Natya Shastra is attributed to the ancient scholar Bharata Muni, and its first complete compilation is dated to between 200 BCE and 200 CE, but estimates.īharatnatyam dance is almost 2,000 years old. The theoretical foundations of Bharatanatyam are found in Natya Shastra, the ancient Hindu text of performance arts.