works of alrmel valli

shreya · Post by **shreya** » 22 Mar 2007, 05:28

I want to take a look at alrmel valli's dance .do you have any suggestions where to look.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Mar 2007, 05:47

Try these links:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_q ... rch=Search

and for a tillAnA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BOBa7Y89J0

The tillAnA has the lightning fast jatIs she is famous for

meena · Post by **meena** » 22 Mar 2007, 08:04

shankar
thanks for the thillana link.

shreya · Post by **shreya** » 22 Mar 2007, 18:33

She is brilliant.
what sets her apart from other artistes.I haven't seen enough as much as I had heard and would love to hear from those who had seen enough of her since seeing is believing.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 22 Mar 2007, 19:21

Well, to start with, she is a great presenter - fluent in english and french, she charms audiences (both national and international) even before she dances. I can't describe this, but when she danced for the first time in Chandigarh many years ago, she had the audience eating out of her hand even before the cymbal was struck.
She has maintained her slender figure that makes her dancing a visual delight. Umesh or other dancers can help, but what I understand is that she was an experiement of her gurus who were torch bearers of the pandanallUr style, but Valli's jatIs are way faster than any other exponent of this style. Her hallmarks are these fantastic jatIs and the sheer exuberance she communicates. She is also a very well trained oDissi dancer. She began the current trend of using sangam poetry and puranAnUru compositions in a mArgam. Her critics say that her abhinaya is not that good (I think it is very understated and subtle), and that her jatIs and ullAsa naDais interfere with the flow of the piece because they are overdone, but I love them.

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 23 Mar 2007, 19:49

I've heard that as well. The Pandanallur style is known for its controlled, precise jatis. One typically doesn't see many racy movements in traditional choreography.

Actually, I think many exponents of the Pandanallur/Tanjore style have deviated from the leisurely paced jatis to keep up with the times (and probably took their cue from AV). Meenakshi Chittaranjan is one example. When I began to study the Pandanallur style this past year, I couldn't believe the speed... was never like that even in Vazhuvoor!

ranee · Post by **ranee** » 24 Jan 2010, 02:52

We are her students since 1983

maheshwari · Post by **maheshwari** » 24 Jan 2010, 11:20

@shreya :
- Alarmel is the only artiste who understands what is vachika (she is a good singer) and satvika abhinaya (that's how she charms audiences) and what is sringara rasa.
- Many of the lyrics and a lot of the music arrangement she composed herself.
- And because of the Odissi training, her dancing is very rich of movements, and very expressive.

mahakavi · Post by **mahakavi** » 24 Jan 2010, 21:50

I once watched her perform (in New Jersey) an item from the sangam literature "kalittogai" which was a real classic interpetation.

ksl · Post by **ksl** » 25 Jan 2010, 14:38

@maheshwari:

By your definition all carnatic musicians *understand* vachikabhinaya.
I think you are confusing sathvikabhinaya with her 'rich movements because of odissi training'. Thats angika.
The audience do seem charmed. No one doubts that.