beginning with gr8 news to share with you all:) (officially:P)
its something to do with my dance.
its something about my life time experience.
its something about ‘my transformation into a better dancer’ or as my teacher rightly likes to put ‘transformation into better person’!!
“ i am performing my ‘ a r a n g e t r a m ’ on 7th february 2010! “
some answers to obvious questions :P
what is bharatnatyam?
what is arangetram?
so what really happens after arangetram?
why do you need to do that?
bharatnatyam is south indian classical dance form.
this dance is an unique combination of history, vast theory and equally mind blowing rigorous practical dance training!
arangetram is the stage, when the guru presents their student for the first time in full fledged recital. it qualifies the dancer to begin her career, learn and seek knowledge and to live by her art!
it can also be called as ‘graduation ceremony’ under bharatnatyam in which student performs solo along with live orchestra, almost 8to9 different dances in front of dance lovers, family, friends, acquaintances, critics and about everyone..
an open show for everyone to judge and enjoy :) where student offers a true gurudakshina to teacher after many years of rigorous training under him or her.
its like a dream coming true for every bharatnatyam dancer! unlike routine school, college procedures it has no yearly very patterned syllabus system. so sometimes even if you are learning for 10 more years, your teacher may not find you up to mark to be able to take arangetram level performance and will ask you to practice some more…. again every teacher and every different institute demands their own standards to meet!
needless to say, it’s not as simple as it may sound!
years of hard work learning and practicing such disciplined dance form, reaching the arangetram level.. still being and feeling almost like a novice!
an ‘everyday’ struggle to learn and maintain stamina.. leaving all physical injuries.. barriers behind and then we _ as the normal people, are always going through lot in our professional and personal life:) dealing with all those etc mentally taxing things in life and experiencing the sheer joy of progressing, learning dance and dancing!!
its something to do with my dance.
its something about my life time experience.
its something about ‘my transformation into a better dancer’ or as my teacher rightly likes to put ‘transformation into better person’!!
“ i am performing my ‘ a r a n g e t r a m ’ on 7th february 2010! “
some answers to obvious questions :P
what is bharatnatyam?
what is arangetram?
so what really happens after arangetram?
why do you need to do that?
bharatnatyam is south indian classical dance form.
this dance is an unique combination of history, vast theory and equally mind blowing rigorous practical dance training!
arangetram is the stage, when the guru presents their student for the first time in full fledged recital. it qualifies the dancer to begin her career, learn and seek knowledge and to live by her art!
it can also be called as ‘graduation ceremony’ under bharatnatyam in which student performs solo along with live orchestra, almost 8to9 different dances in front of dance lovers, family, friends, acquaintances, critics and about everyone..
an open show for everyone to judge and enjoy :) where student offers a true gurudakshina to teacher after many years of rigorous training under him or her.
its like a dream coming true for every bharatnatyam dancer! unlike routine school, college procedures it has no yearly very patterned syllabus system. so sometimes even if you are learning for 10 more years, your teacher may not find you up to mark to be able to take arangetram level performance and will ask you to practice some more…. again every teacher and every different institute demands their own standards to meet!
needless to say, it’s not as simple as it may sound!
years of hard work learning and practicing such disciplined dance form, reaching the arangetram level.. still being and feeling almost like a novice!
an ‘everyday’ struggle to learn and maintain stamina.. leaving all physical injuries.. barriers behind and then we _ as the normal people, are always going through lot in our professional and personal life:) dealing with all those etc mentally taxing things in life and experiencing the sheer joy of progressing, learning dance and dancing!!
so how do i feel just 2 weeks before arangetram??!!
thrilling? joyful? excited? nervous? sad? happy? mad? ohhhh…you just name the thing!
i am still in a very tender process to believe that i am an artiste and will take at least lifetime to understand what it is really to live like an artiste?! :)
but yes, i love dancing.. i love bharatnatyam.. and i am happy i made this choice to learn this dance form!
leaving sad and few non happening things behind (we will discuss why, what, how, later some day;() its about living and feeling so much happiness for now :) !!
learning and looking at life with different perspective. atleast trying to do so...
i so wish if i can explain better but no words can suffice the apt description! and then there is sooooo much to share.. saving my keyboard and let my mind, body and heart alone play the battle;)
i am extremely thankful to some people who have tolerated my already so hyper and then differently hyper in aragetram days kind of temper! i am happy that only few have seen my temper and i wish nobody sees it :D
it’s a sure time which tastes your close people no matter you want it or not! i am lucky, my people have always surprised and helped me with all they can.
without a doubt, these are one of those best, amazing and memorable days of my life.. complete with few people and incomplete without few people:)
So for now, sharing this wonderful news at one of the settled moment i was able to steal out my pretty complicated mind state of these days and of course the grueling practice schedule!
no more blah blah really…
i take this opportunity to cordially invite you for my arangetram! can’t wait to see you all at the event!!!!!
accept this as informal invitation _ to those i know (i am sending invitation card soon) and may be formal invitation to those_ my anonymous friends and readers.
send me across your wishes and prayers from now cause there is nothing like that which works :) and i will soon catch up with ..? !
keep glowing your imaginations;)
bye for now..
by the way venue details:P
arangetram: 7th feb 2010, Sunday at 5.30 pm
artiste: priti parekh
venue: tilak smarak mandir, behind s. p college pune 30.
thrilling? joyful? excited? nervous? sad? happy? mad? ohhhh…you just name the thing!
i am still in a very tender process to believe that i am an artiste and will take at least lifetime to understand what it is really to live like an artiste?! :)
but yes, i love dancing.. i love bharatnatyam.. and i am happy i made this choice to learn this dance form!
leaving sad and few non happening things behind (we will discuss why, what, how, later some day;() its about living and feeling so much happiness for now :) !!
learning and looking at life with different perspective. atleast trying to do so...
i so wish if i can explain better but no words can suffice the apt description! and then there is sooooo much to share.. saving my keyboard and let my mind, body and heart alone play the battle;)
i am extremely thankful to some people who have tolerated my already so hyper and then differently hyper in aragetram days kind of temper! i am happy that only few have seen my temper and i wish nobody sees it :D
it’s a sure time which tastes your close people no matter you want it or not! i am lucky, my people have always surprised and helped me with all they can.
without a doubt, these are one of those best, amazing and memorable days of my life.. complete with few people and incomplete without few people:)
So for now, sharing this wonderful news at one of the settled moment i was able to steal out my pretty complicated mind state of these days and of course the grueling practice schedule!
no more blah blah really…
i take this opportunity to cordially invite you for my arangetram! can’t wait to see you all at the event!!!!!
accept this as informal invitation _ to those i know (i am sending invitation card soon) and may be formal invitation to those_ my anonymous friends and readers.
send me across your wishes and prayers from now cause there is nothing like that which works :) and i will soon catch up with ..? !
keep glowing your imaginations;)
bye for now..
by the way venue details:P
arangetram: 7th feb 2010, Sunday at 5.30 pm
artiste: priti parekh
venue: tilak smarak mandir, behind s. p college pune 30.
