"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
-Albert Einstein
Meghana Khurana
August 30th, 2014
Arangetram
An Arangetram is the debut on-stage performance of a Bharatanatyam student. Arangetram, a Tamil word, Arangu meaning Stage and Etram meaning to enter or to ascend – is a rite of passage, a sacred initiation. It is a graduation ceremony where the Guru presents the pupil to the public.The great American Arangetram is a celebration of dance and the dancer’s journey. In Essence, The dancer is the ambassador carrying forth traditions of the past and in the process creating new ones through cultural integration.
Bharathanatyam
Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form that originated in the temples of Tamil Nadu. This dance form denotes various 19th- and 20th-century reconstructions of Sadir, the art of temple dancers called Devadasis. It was described in the treatise Natya Shastra by Bharata around the beginning of the common era. Bharatanatyam is known for its grace, purity,tenderness, and sculpturesque poses. Lord Shiva is considered the God of this dance form. The word itself broken up phonetically, means a marriage of Bhavam (expression), Ragam (music), Talam (beat or rhythm) and Dance. It is the synthesis of Linear geometrical patterns, yoga of the mind and body, eloquent expression, and precisive footwork set to intricate mathematical rhythms.
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