L. Vijayalakshmi

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My Early childhood—-

A short summary of my Life’s Early childhood Journey

I started to dance when I was probably five years old. My first master was my mother. She was a great veena player and also could sing carnatic music very well. She would sing some simple songs and I will do some movements.

I began giving dance performances around the age of nine after learning from Sukumaran Pillai for a year or so in Poona.

In those days, the center of Bharatnatyam was in Chennai, in South India. The most well known masters of this ancient art resided in Chennai and as a result my father decided to move the family to Chennai from Poona.

Arrangetram: In the late 50’s and 60’s, the duration of an Arrangetram was for three hours. Something that has changed quite a bit these days. Also, an important difference, compared to present days was that the guests were not offered any food or drinks and majority of the invitees were from the press or the entertainment industry.

My formal training in Bharatnatyam was under Vazhuvur Ramaih Pillai in Chennai. After eighteen months of vigorous training under him, I performed my Arrangetram in Chennai. It was a three hour long program! The last item of the program was “Vasanthavalli from Kuravanji”. A novel item in those days!

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