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After years of training, a bharata natyam teacher may present his or her student to the public in the presence of peers and art lovers. Such an event is called arangetram or ranga pravesh, meaning “entering the stage”. Arangetram marks the beginning of a dancer's life, when he or she may cross the threshold from student to professional artist. The dancer presents a two-hour solo performance based on a traditional repertoire much resembling the one established by the Thanjavur brothers at the end of the 19th century. The brothers’ selection of dance pieces, from Alarippu to Thillana, became the repertoire of choice during the renaissance of bharata natyam at the beginning of the 20th century, and remains a legacy to this day. The arangetram celebrates the years of dedication of both student and teacher to the bharata natyam form. The following students have sucessfully completed their Arangetrams with Naadham Dance School: Manasi Jain Divya Viswanathan Chantal Paquin Hamsha Yokendran Keyinsha Yokendran Anusha Balachandran Parul Gupta Priya Gupta Tanisha Govil Maya Shyamprasad Niharika Chandra Radhika Chandra Vernon Sivapalan (Mridangam Arangetram)
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