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FAMOUS DANCES IN INDIA

                our India  is multi religious country. It consists thousand of languages in different places like that our India consist many styles of Dances in different places. Now let us known one by one in below

Kuchipudi

It is a solo dance popular in Andhra Pradesh. It is originated in a place called kuchelapur. Tirtha Narayana and Siddhendra Yogi evolved this style. Traditionally performed by men attired like women, it has a style which corresponds with Bhagavata Mela natak Of Tamil Nadu. Except for the emphasis on animation, it draws upon the principles of the Natya Shastra and in all other aspects it is akin to Bharatanatyam. Vedantham Satyanarayana is the doyen of Kuchipudi. Vempati china Satyam is removed guru of this dance form and he passed away on July 29,2012.

 

ODISSI

Odissi is a dance from developed in Orissa during 2^nd century BC when the Jain king Kharavela ruled. He was himself an expert dancers. It is based on the principles of Natya Shastra. Themes from Jayadeva’s Gita Govinda, poems in praise of Krishna written around the 12^th century, dominate the content. It was first  performed by women called Maharis in the Jagannath temple and then by the young boys attired as women called Gotipuas . Odissa is woven around the basics, tribhanga pose typically of Indian sculpture. It has gained great popularity and the credit goes to Samyukta Panigrahi who gave it a universal appeal.

 

BHARATANATYAM

Bharatanatyam is poetry in motion -a solo dance, originating in the temple of south India. It is based on the principles of Natya Shastra, written by the great sage, Bharata around 400BC. It is a highly traditional dance form performed to a respertory of Carnatic music and comprises items such as the alarippu ,varnam, padam,  thillana and so on. Earlier, variedly known as DasiAttam and sadir,it was practised by devadasi in the south Indian temple. Its present form was evolved in Tanjore by poniah Pillai and brothers. Smt. Rukmani Devi gave it a new life and respectability. Bharatanatyam is the classical dance of Tamil nadu.

 

Chakiar Koothu

This dance form is believed to have been introduce in Kerala by earlier Aryan immigrants. Its performance is restricted to the members of Chakiar caste. It is a highly orthodox form of entertainment which is performed inside the temple and is witnessed by the Hindus of the higher castes only

Kathak

This dance form originated in North India. It has its roots in Katha meaning story tellers who were attached to the temples in North India, narrated stories from Epics in the form of Radha and krishnalilas with the advent of muslim rule,it came out of the temple in the form of sophisticated dance of the Mughal courts. Lucknow ,Jaipur and Benaras became its centres. Wajid Ali shah ,the king of Lucknow, patronized this dance form which drifted from a pure dance form into erotic.

 

Manipuri

Manipuri is a form of dance, mostly ritualistic and popular in the north-east. From the 15^th to 18^th centuries,  vaishnavism came to adopted and this ushered in a new era in the development of this style. The ranges comprises five different types of ballets based on the Radha Krishna – gopis theme. The other form of this dance is the Sankranti’s, usually performed by men carrying drums called pung.

 

Kathakali

This dance form is from Kerala,and is more dramatic than narrative in form. It has its origin in the court of the kings of Kerala and is considered to be the most scientific  and elaborately defined dance form. The body gestures, hand movements comprises its language. It is not a folk dance but highly classical through not very old.

Yakshagana

It is a dance drama from Karnataka which is of rural origin. The language is kannada and theme based on the Hindu epics. It is about 400 years old and was revived by Dr. Shivaram Karanth

 

 Not only these dance our consists  many dances they are touched to our hearth.  I hope that you people are understand my information if any doubts  let me known in comments section. Thankyou