The Girl In High Heels

We, dancers will always perform in stages and functions and it can be just one song to a full 20-30 minutes dance drama. Yes, we do it all. We portray certain characters depends on the song given. I noticed that I have always been getting Amman songs. And you know everyone has their own favourite  god and mine happen to be Amman as well. We dancers are blessed to be able to perform this divine art. Trust me, i did not know I will love this art so much that it became a part of me.  Bharatham is a classical dance hence our songs are mostly god and traditional songs. I noticed that I prefer to portray the character of a devotee rather than the god itself. Something inside me makes me feel so much better when I be the devotee. Plus dancing is so peaceful, when you dancing describing the god, it is priceless! Only Dancers can understand and feel this. 

Salangai Pooja is a first stage performance, performed by a group or single (solo performance) by students who have learned all 108 adavus (Basic steps that all classical dancer must know) and 5-7 basic songs. (This depends on your teacher/guru/master). During Salangai pooja, prayers is done by placing the salangai in from of Lord Nadaraja to get his blessing (Any other god is also acceptable). The salangai will be tied by the dancers respective gurus and the dancers will perform live for the first time in front of thousands of audience. After the salangai pooja is completed, the dancers exit from beginner stage and proceed to advanced level to prepare themselves for arengetram.The dancers can now also start performing in stages and temples. Before the salangai pooja, dancers are not allowed to tie the salangai nor perform in front of large crowds. Costs to do a salangai pooja and arengetram depends on how grand you want it to be. Most of the dancers will do their salangai p...