u/Fun_Director_4726

Hi all,

I'm from Rajasthan, and have always been fascinated with Bharatanatyam. As you can guess, it's not really a common dance lesson I could take growing up, but now that I'm an adult, with money to pay for classes, and also try learning online, I was wondering if knowing exactly what's being spoken in Tamil necessary to learn it?

I get you should know the tala, and ragas, and I did have Sanskrit as my third language which helps me understand a few words here and there. However, all the videos I've seen on youtube has Tamil lyrics, which I couldn't grasp. Hoping someone here could help with this. Thanks!

Hi all,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question, but I'm from Rajasthan, and have always been fascinated with Bharatanatyam. As you can guess, it's not really a common dance lesson I could take growing up, but now that I'm an adult, with money to pay for classes, and also try learning online, I was wondering if knowing exactly what's being spoken in Tamil necessary to learn it?

I get you should know the tala, and ragas, and I did have Sanskrit as my third language, however, all the videos I've seen on youtube has Tamil lyrics, which I couldn't grasp. Hoping someone here could help with this. Thanks!