Madurai R. Muralidaran Set A File With The Presentation Of Fifty Jatis By 125 Dancers Who Got Here On-line From Round India And The World
There was palpable stress and pleasure as Bharatanatyam dancers round India and the globe nervously rehearsed, adjusted costumes, cameras and lights, as they waited for the cue to start out. With a immediate from nattuvangam artiste-teacher Madurai R. Muralidaran, the well-co-ordinated Chennai studio group commenced the strenuous 50-jati presentation.
There was no respite throughout the 75-minute effort. Around 125 dancers, starting from the age of 9 to 60 made historical past with an occasion that went on to be licensed by the India Book of Records and the Asia Book of Records for the ‘Maximum Participants Performing Bharatanatyam jatis (50 jatis) on Virtual Platform’. It was a well-rehearsed and coordinated try.
Muralidaran had numbered the jatis and launched the sollus earlier than the beginning of every. The roughly 1.5 minute jatis have been lilting and rhythmically interesting. Muralidaran assorted the velocity of rendering sollus, utilizing emphasis, karvais and usi, to create various jaati patterns, with the identical sollus repeated time and again. “I stuck to the traditional format. We have only the pancha jaatis to play around with. Most jatis were in Adi tala and the rest in tisra-nadai Adi tala and khanda-nadai Triputa tala,” stated Murlidaran. His well-modulated voice made for a pleasing listening expertise. He was accompanied by veteran mridangists Kesavan and Dhananjayan.
The ‘50-jati challenge’ was Muralidaran’s brainchild. He was instructing nattuvangam to about 450 artistes internationally when he considered this problem and requested these to come back on board. About 150 did. For three months, as Muralidaran created jatis week after week, he taught it to the dancers with the assistance of his senior pupil Deepa Mahadevan and daughter Kavya Muralidaran.
Well-coordinated effort Students of Madurai Muralidaran presenting ‘50 jati challenge.’ (Below) The choreographer receiving the Asian Book of Records honour
He stated he didn’t simply train them the adavus. He taught them the sollus, modulation, nattuvangam and the genesis of the jatis together with their mathematical intricacies. He additionally skilled them for the problem — conditioning the our bodies, strengthening the knees and conserving vitality and constructing stamina. The dancers weren’t simply his disciples, they have been college students from numerous dance colleges.
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This is just not the primary time Muralidaran has created a file or arrange a problem. In 2019, he taught 359 college students the Sankeerna Jaati Dhruva Tala Alarippu (29 aksharas) in Bharat Kalachar and had them carry out it for the Guinness Book of Records, that very morning. That night he introduced Chaturvidam — 4 margams in numerous talas — for the Guinness Book of Records, Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records.
Early 2020, when all his international assignments have been cancelled as a result of pandemic, he wrote and composed 25 varnams, composing one a day for 25 days, written within the morning and sung by a musician on the finish of the day. He posted it on social media and made it to the Asia Book of Records and the India Book of Records. Muralidaran is just not finished but. He is ready to listen to from the Guinness Book of Records for the ‘50-jati challenge’ and plans to stage the programme once more for them. Clearly, he’s an artiste who’s completely satisfied to push the envelope.
The Chennai-based creator writes on classical dance.
