India, Sept. 27 -- An Arangetram is when years of practice meet an audience, and Tanvee, trained by Guru Priya Srinivasan, danced a demanding repertoire with the calm of someone who had done the work

An Arangetram is the evening a dancer steps out from years of training to face an audience on her own, and Tanvee, a disciple of Guru Priya Srinivasan and a Doordarshan-graded Bharatanatyam artist, had hers at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.

She began with Alarippu, and during the Jatiswaram in Raga Kalyani, her footwork showed years of patient practice. Things turned gentler with the 'Maiya Mori' bhajan, where she caught the innocence and playfulness of the child Krishna, and in the demanding 'Ee Muvvagu' Varnam she held...