Demystifying Bharatanatyam by highlighting its modular nature

Demystifying Bharatanatyam by highlighting its modular nature 

In a previous post, I talked about the modular nature of Bharatanatyam, and how it gives learners an opportunity to build upon complexity. 
In October 2025, we co-created a jati by combining various steps or movements (adavus). The analogy I used was the adavu as individual words, and the jati as a sentence. We then discussed what things we might consider when making a sentence from words, or a jati from adavus.
Learners said that the jati must fit into the rhythm and that there must be variety in types of adavus or movements and speeds. Below is the writing of a learner as she wrote for the class the various steps in a particular jati.