Arangetram
“Yatho Hastha thatho Drishti,
Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhava,
Yatho Bhava thatho Rasa”
-Natyashastra
Where the hand gestures are, the eyes follow
Where the eyes go, the mind follows
Where the mind is, there the feeling evolves
Where the feeling evolves, the Rasa flows.
“Yatho Hastha thatho Drishti,
Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhava,
Yatho Bhava thatho Rasa”
-Natyashastra
Where the hand gestures are, the eyes follow
Where the eyes go, the mind follows
Where the mind is, there the feeling evolves
Where the feeling evolves, the Rasa flows.
“Yatho Hastha thatho Drishti,
Yatho Drishti thatho Manah
Yatho Manah thatho Bhava,
Yatho Bhava thatho Rasa”
-Natyashastra
Where the hand gestures are, the eyes follow
Where the eyes go, the mind follows
Where the mind is, there the feeling evolves
Where the feeling evolves, the Rasa flows.
Arangetram is the onstage debut dance performance of a classical art student, after years of training. It is a public graduation performance for any art form on the completion of a formal training. The word ‘Arangetram’ originates from the Tamil language and means to “ascend the stage”- Arangam (stage) and Etram (ascend). The dancer can now move forward towards the higher learning goals of the art form and eventually pass it onto the next generation of aspiring learners of the art. Arangetram in a dancer’s journey, is a stepping stone, a beginning of a new expedition as a performer, not a destination. Margam is the presentation format of the Bharatanatyam dance form. Margam means a path or a course followed. It is one full definite course where dance items are performed in a traditional order. Margam is a concept, a framework, or one can say it is a well-thought-of plan to approach Arangetram.
Arangetram is the onstage debut dance performance of a classical art student, after years of training. It is a public graduation performance for any art form on the completion of a formal training. The word ‘Arangetram’ originates from the Tamil language and means to “ascend the stage”- Arangam (stage) and Etram (ascend). The dancer can now move forward towards the higher learning goals of the art form and eventually pass it onto the next generation of aspiring learners of the art. Arangetram in a dancer’s journey, is a stepping stone, a beginning of a new expedition as a performer, not a destination. Margam is the presentation format of the Bharatanatyam dance form. Margam means a path or a course followed. It is one full definite course where dance items are performed in a traditional order. Margam is a concept, a framework, or one can say it is a well-thought-of plan to approach Arangetram.