An all time favourite, very popular piece in Mohiniyattam - Variga variga. This was usually Preethy's piece when we were growing up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_HfmAiL7OQ&t=48s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_HfmAiL7OQ&t=48s
Saturday, January 26, 2019
So week three and four have already been slacking - so going to cheat and post videos from past. But on the upside, joined salsa classes. So may be a salsa video soon!!
Odissi, I find the most evolved of the three dance forms I have learnt. Managalacharan, though can equate to the alaarippu, is evidently way ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2foA5Q1oUkU
Odissi, I find the most evolved of the three dance forms I have learnt. Managalacharan, though can equate to the alaarippu, is evidently way ahead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2foA5Q1oUkU
Monday, January 14, 2019
Don't Procrastinate
Late by a day, since I put off recording to the last hour possible, yesterday and that didn't work out and had to be redone this morning.
Mohiniyattam this week. I think the gurus who put down the structure for this said to themselves - let's load the first piece with everything. So the cholkettu, which I think is the first piece taught in most schools, has almost all the steps in Mohiniyattam's repertoire.
This video probably shows how not to do it 😛. No bending, not sitting enough. But it is a tough 11:45 minute piece. The fact that I can even finish it without my knees buckling is a good thing at this stage!
https://youtu.be/jC9kVd_aEJc
Mohiniyattam this week. I think the gurus who put down the structure for this said to themselves - let's load the first piece with everything. So the cholkettu, which I think is the first piece taught in most schools, has almost all the steps in Mohiniyattam's repertoire.
This video probably shows how not to do it 😛. No bending, not sitting enough. But it is a tough 11:45 minute piece. The fact that I can even finish it without my knees buckling is a good thing at this stage!
https://youtu.be/jC9kVd_aEJc
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Do better
If I can do better, I should. If I do love dance at all, it is high time I did something about it. So here goes - Julie and Julia style - 52 dances in 52 weeks. I am taking up learning / re-learning one dance every week, in 2019.
Will start with the first one of course, Alaarippu.
It is most commonly done in the thishram, but can also be done in chatusram and khandam
Here is a good video on the choreography of an alaarippu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZahOHQVvis&t=845s
Guess the struggle with the taala is part of the learning. But helps if you know the panchanada.
Tha ki ta,
Tha ka dhi mi,
Tha ka Tha ki ta,
Tha ki ta tha ka dhi mi,
Tha ka dhi mi Tha ka tha ki ta
And my alarippu, at obscene number of kilos!! Of course, I have to leave my trademark, at least one mistake. Find where the mistake is and it is not where I loose balance in the sitting sequence.
https://youtu.be/hoqtCHcEVgg
Will start with the first one of course, Alaarippu.
It is most commonly done in the thishram, but can also be done in chatusram and khandam
Here is a good video on the choreography of an alaarippu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZahOHQVvis&t=845s
Guess the struggle with the taala is part of the learning. But helps if you know the panchanada.
Tha ki ta,
Tha ka dhi mi,
Tha ka Tha ki ta,
Tha ki ta tha ka dhi mi,
Tha ka dhi mi Tha ka tha ki ta
And my alarippu, at obscene number of kilos!! Of course, I have to leave my trademark, at least one mistake. Find where the mistake is and it is not where I loose balance in the sitting sequence.
https://youtu.be/hoqtCHcEVgg
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