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Confident
debut by Manasi Jayaraman
Kalangan presented the Bharatanatyam arangetram of Manasi Jayaraman on Saturday, 12th April 2008 at the Triveni Chamber Theatre, New Delhi. Manasi is a disciple of guru Jamuna Krishnan. Considering
her youth (she is just 14 years old) Manasi displayed a remarkable level
of confidence and chutzpah. Right from Pushpanjali (the invocatory
item) till the Tillana (pure dance), Manasi handled each item with panache
and élan.
The Varnam, the center piece of a Bharatanatyam recital, is the toughest item in a Bharatanatyam repertoire involving both nritta as well as abhinaya (facial expressions). About a lovelorn nayika yearning for the presence of Lord Kartikeya, Manasi handled it with surprising dexterity for one so young. Presenting six solo items in a span of 90 minutes requires a good deal of stamina and endurance power. Manasi danced with remarkable agility displaying both to an amazing degree. All in all,
it was quite a recital considering that it was her first solo performance
on stage. Like all fine arts, Bharatanatyam also requires years of
study before one can claim any level of mastery over it. But like
they say, "The child is the father of the man."
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