Upcoming
Shakthi
The Power Within
Tanvika Karupakula
The many faces of the feminine divine, and the strength a dancer finds in herself along the way.
- Date
- Venue
- Dublin High SchoolDublin, California
Arangetrams
Ascending the stage
Arangetram is Tamil for ascending the stage. It is the evening a student performs a full solo margam with live orchestra, offering years of training to the guru, the family, and everyone gathered. These are the dancers Nartanaalaya has presented.
Coming up
Already performed
Presented
Ramayaniyam
The Path of Dharma
Ananya Maram
A margam built around the Ramayana — courage, duty, and grace read through nritta and abhinaya.
- Date
- Venue
- Dougherty Valley Performing Arts CenterSan Ramon, California
Presented
Ekam Sath
Truth Is One
Sahaana Balamurali
Ten years of training offered as a single evening on the theme that all paths arrive at one truth.
- Date
- Venue
- Dublin High School AuditoriumDublin, California
What an arangetram asks of a dancer
Two and a half hours alone on stage. A live orchestra — vocal, mridangam, violin, flute, and the guru on nattuvangam — playing to the dancer rather than the other way round. The full margam, in order, from Pushpanjali to the closing Mangalam.
It is not a graduation. It is the point at which a student becomes someone who can carry an evening, and the beginning of whatever performing life follows.