IMPORTANT SOLO / DUET PRESENTATIONS

DHOORJATI NATANAM

It is a song from an old Telugu literary work called Doorjati Nadinchanei, which also has a description of the navarasas. It is done as a 15-minute item done as a solo or a duet, involving a lot of Shiva’s poses frozen as karanas to depict the various dance poses of Nataraja.

It is rendered as a Ragamalika. The item portrays Nataraja's dance in the twilight or Pradoshakala with the gods themselves providing the melodic accompaniment.

"His regally definitive stomping and adroit mastery of a wide variety of powerful poses stood in contrast to the sweet adoration offered by his wife Shanta as Parvathi" - Ed Conroy March 30, 1988, Express News, San Antonio, TX

"'Dhoorjati Natanam' of the Dhananjayan Duo was a refreshing number and has not been seen before on the Delhi stage." - V V Prasad, Financial Express, New Delhi, Sunday, February 28, 1988