JOURNEY OF BHARATNATYAM

CLASSICAL DANCES ARE VERY VAST, THUS IT TAKES YEARS OF PRACTICE TO MASTER A CLASSICAL DANCE. BHARATNATYAM BEING A CLASSICAL DANCE ALSO REQUIRES VIGOROUS PRACTICE AND TRAINING. IT TAKES ATLEAST 4-7 YEARS IN ORDER TO LEARN BHARATNATYAM. THE PROGRESS OF A DANCER IN DIFFERENT YEARS OF HER/HIS PRACTICE DEPENDS ON THEIR DISCIPLINE AND URGE TO LEARN THE DANCE FORM. THUS, THE YEARS REQUIRED FOR LEARNING ALSO VARIES FOR VARIOUS DANCERS. 

• THE FIRST YEAR (PRARAMBHIK) OF BHARATNATYAM DEALS WITH THE MEANING OF ADAVUS ,BODY MOVEMENTS AND 28 SINGLE HAND MUDRAS.
• THE SECOND YEAR (PRAVESHIKA PRATHAMA) OF BHARATNATYAM TALKS ABOUT  BASIC ADAVUS, 4 NECK MOVEMENTS, 23 COMBINED HAND GESTURES AND 8 EYE MOVEMENTS.
• THE THIRD YEAR (PRAVESHIKA PURNA) OF BHARATNATYAM DEALS WITH THE VERY FIRST ITEMS PERFORMED BY THE NEW DANCER KNOWN AS "ALLARIPU AND JATISWARAM".
• THE FOURTH YEAR (MADHYAMA PRATHAM) DEALS WITH NEW ITEMS NAMELY SHABDAM AND KEERTANAM. THESE ITEMS REQUIRE A LOT OF EXPRESSIONS.
• THE FIFTH YEAR (MADHYAMA PURNA) DEALS WITH ITEMS- SHLOKAM, TILLANA AND PADAM.
• THE SIXTH YEAR (UPANTHA VISHARAD) DEALS WITH VARNAM(TILL CHITTASWARAM)
• THE SEVENTH (VISHARAD) AND DEALS WITH ONE FULL MARGAM. NATTUVANGAM. THIS YEAR IS THE FINAL YEAR OF THE JOURNEY OF BHARATNATYAM FOR A LOT OF DANCERS.