#alarippu

[bahamabhava]

An interesting “Thri Baani” alarippu that shows three different styles of alarippu. The center dancer does traditional choreography, while the female dancer on the left uses motifs of a peacock, maybe inspired by Rama Vaidyanathan’s Mayur alarippu? The other male dancer, on the right, uses symbols of Ganesha and elephant like movements while dancing. Never seen something like this done before, I really liked it.

[bahamabhava]

An audio recording of Chatusra alarippu

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K. P. Rakesh performing Alarippu in tisram.

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One of the best alarippu duets I've seen, by Renjith and Vijna.

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I am always fascinated by Rama Vaidyanathan's choreography. I remember first watching Rama in a YouTube video of her performing the mayil alarippu in practice attire (no longer available), and falling in love with her playful interpretation of the abstract movements as a peacock. I also adore this alarippu she performs in this video. She's constantly pushing the boundaries of classical choreography while still maintaining the spirit of Bharatanatyam. Something that's rare to find in many contemporary choreographers today.

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Full clip of Vyjayantimala performing an Alarippu in New Delhi (1956).

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Rama Vaidyanathan's famous Peacock Alarippu at the Chinmaya Mission Center in New Delhi.

[bahamabhava]

Bharatanatyam Thillanas along with a Mallari and a few slokas. This link will most likely prompt you sign up for VK.com to view the content. Trust me, it's worth it.  This group has a post containing audio files of 5 Alarippus in different talas. Again, this will probably ask you to sign up to vk.com to view the page.  Now the problem after being able to access the music is being able to download it (if you want to). There's a chrome extension, called MusicSig vkontakte, that allows you to download from vk.com, except it's in russian but all you have to do is hover over the file on the webpage and a floppy disc icon will appear on it at the end.  This is complicated... but hey if ya really want it, there ya go!