This ia musical composition set to a Raga unlike alaripu. It comprises of amazing postures and teermanas or muktayas (ending of the jathi). It is more complex than the previous items. It doeasn’s convey any message but is considered as an item where the artist salutes the God, Guru and the audience. This ia also a warm up piece to prepare the body for the next hours of the Bharatnatyam performance. The complexity of the movements gradually increase. And the movements are performed according to the syllables set for beat (thala). It is warm up item where the artist prepares the body for the next hours of vigorous performance. In this item the dancers salute the God, Guru and the Audience. The first part of the Arangetram comprises the following items. The performaer must have a lot of stamina and concentration as he or she has to perform the Arangetram for about 3 hours. The performer wears a lot of jewellary, make-up and specially stiched dress. These accompaniments play a very important role. Other instruments like veena, flute etc., are optional. The accompaniment include the singer, the Mridhanga Player, the Violin player and the Natvanga. And the Arangetram is performed after advance learning. However, this concept has changed slightly and the Salangai poojai or Gajjepooje is performed after a few of learning dance. The Sishya is not supposed to wear the Jingles until this ceremony is performed.
In Tamil this is known as Salangai Poojai where Salangai means the jingles and the poojai menas prayers to God. Arangetram was known as Gejjepooje once in the Old Mysore District (the State of Karnataka in South India ) which means worshipping the jingles in Kannada. For performing this Arangetram the student must have atleast 10 to 12 years of training. So the Arangetram is done only when the Guru feels that the Sishya is capable and talented enough to perform the Arangetram. Arangetram is test for the Sishya ( student) as well as the Guru (teacher) as the Guru’s knowledge and the Sishya’s talent are judged by the Public. Ii is also called as Rangaprevesha in Kannada (another South Indian Language) where Ranga means stage and prevesha means enter. In Tamil (one of the south Inidan languages)Aranga means is raised stage and etram means climbing. It reflects the different stages of the dancer’s consciousness. It makes is special as this also depicts their Maharashtrian roots.Arangetram is a granduation performance that is the part of the traditional format – the Margam ( path). Mihika and Ruhika picked this dance form to depict forms other than Bharatnatyam that they have learned from Guru Kavita Thotakura. A large red coloured round “Bindi” is put on the forehead which is distinctive of their makeup. The hair is tied in a bun called “Ambada”, in Marathi.
Accessories worn are bangles, kamarpatta (worn around the waist), a heavy necklace and a nath (large nose ring). It has evolved to catchy Bollywood numbers performed by leading actresses of the film industry. The dancers wear “Sari” wrapped in an unconventional manner and is called “Navvari” which means "nine yards" (is a sari that is nine yards long). It is mostly performed in the state of Maharashtra, India. During the 18th and 19th century, when Maharashtra was facing a lot of battles, Lavani was performed to entertain the soldiers and boost their morale. Lavani means “beauty” and is a folk dance performed by women, on the beats of “Dholki”.
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