Different Style of BharatNatyam (Part2) -- Tanjavur Bani

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1.       Tanjavur Bani  : Bharatnatyam seems to have originated from the cultural capital of Tamil land , Tanjore. The Tanjavur Quartet (Ponniah 1804 -1864. Chinnayaa 1802 -1856, Vadivelu 1810 -1845 and Sivanandam 1808 -1863 ) under the patronage of  Seffoji Court (Maratha Kings) constructed the margam and did many compositions that forms the basic structure of Bharatnatyam today.  These 4 brothers learnt music from the great saint poet MuthuswamyDikshitha.  They adorned the different courts of South India. For Example  :   moved to Mysore Court under the shelter of Woodiyar kings. They are the ones who set the Margam as we know today. They composed many Allaripus, Jatiswaram, Kautuvams, Sabdams, Varnams, Padams, Javelis, Kirtanais and Tillanas.  It is because of there creativity, Innovations and intelligence lot of artistic changes were seen in the sadir dance. There foresightedness is awestuckking as there compositions are popular even today. 

 

Relaxed dance choreography makes this style a visual pleasure. Music is  given lot of Importance. Adavus patterns are used extremely casually and in relaxed way with full body swing that bring out the grace of the dancer’s body. Kittapa Pillai while composing the jaatisused various musical patterns to make it interestings. The sanchari bhava that were composed by him were more of Vacchikabhinayathan Angikabhinaya. The audio-visual qualities of this Bani stuck many at the right chord. Rythemicaspect of the words were given lots of importance. The Jaatis never sounded complicated or too long however different combinations of the panchajaatis were used.  It is believed that the Dance has to be both a Audio and Visual pleasure.  Kanddapa Pillai from Thanjavur Bani had a distinctive way of composing and Choreographing. He implemented his own style.

 

Famous Dancers/ Gurus  :Balasaraswati, Dhannamal,  Nayana. ThanjavurKittappaPillai  (1913 – 1999) decendent of Tanjavur Quartet learned music from Natesha IyerShastri and his father Ponnaiya Pillai  dance from  maternal grand fatherMeenakshisundaram Pillai. Vaijayanti Mala Bali, Millappa Pillai, SuchetaChapekar,Nartaki Natarajan, SudharaniRaghupai, Padmini Rao, Srividhya NATARAJAN, Hari Krishnan.  




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