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INTERVIEW

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LORD OF DANCE :

The Lord of the DanceIn the small village of Chidambaram, 250 kmssouth of Chennai, theres a huge temple dedicatedto the god Shiva. Here Shiva is known as Nataraja the god of the dance. Hindus believe that in thisform Shiva dances the universe into being. Thisnotion, that through dance a god creates theuniverse, is a very powerful one and it underpins

the essential expression of the dance of TamilNadu the Bharatanatyam

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KUCCHIPU

DI

Telugu classical dance

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KUCHIPUDI:

Has its origin in andhra pradesh.

Named after a small village in andhra pradesh.

Has its origin in 2nd

bc itself Movements are firmly based on devotion of lord

krishna.

Formerly performed by young brahmin boys butlater on it was dominated by feminine group.

Exponents are kalki devi, krisna iyer.

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MOHINIATTAM

kerala

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MOHINATTAM:

It has its origin in kerala.

Refers to mohini(beauty) abd attam(dance) i.e. dance ofbeauty.

Dance is seductress based on tale of vishnutransforming himself to a women in order to seduce lordshiva.

And lord ayyapan is result of this seduction.

Performed by white saried women. Involves_persausion,romance ,seduction,erocotism,etc,

Pioneers are meenaxi sheshadri.

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SATTRIYA:

Originated in assam

It was created by asamees saint,srimatasankardeva

It depicts mythological stories

It is performed by bhakotos-male monks

It accompanies music like:khols ,taals,flute etc.

Requires elements likenatyashatra,sangeetshastra,abhinavpadam ,etc

Pioneers are Nadu bhangi,Gopi prabesh etc

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KATHAKALLI

kerala

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KATHAKALLI:

Originated in kerala it is form of indian dance drama

Its main elements are most attractive make up,withelaborate costumes,detailed gesture,well defined

movements. It is comination of five elements viz:

Natyam-expression,dance-nritham,nrithyam-enactment,getha-song, vadyam-vocal

Performed to deflect navrasaseg;humuor,anger,love,peace ,etc.

Exponents are Chandu panicker.Ramchanra pillai,etc.

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ODDISSEY:

Originated in orrissa.

Oldest surviving dance according to archaeologicalevidences.

It is performed by Mahari`s i.e. maha(great) and ri(naris)which means great women.

Performed by maharis to express their devotion to god.

They are also called as devdasis.

Performance used to be done at temples of jagganath Exponents are Guru Pankaj charan das,Sonal

mansingh,etc.

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MANIPU

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Eastern India

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MANIPURI:

Has its origin in manipur ans mostly performed innorth eastern states.

Manipuri dance is very subtle and aims at

devotion with grace. Tradional form embodieslyrical delicate and

graceful movements.

Accompanies poetry of jayaveda in sanskrit andbrij bhasha.

Exponents are nileshwari das,atoomba singh .etc

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BHARATNATYAM

South india

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BHARATNATYAM:

Originated in tamilnadu.

It is also known as fifth veda.

Bharatnatyam means: BHA-bhava(expression),RA-raga(music), TA-taal(rhytm)

Performed on carnatic music

Performed as solo dance with two aspects:

LASYA-feminine subtleness and gesture

TANDAVA-macsuline gesture of lord shiva

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BARATNATYAM:

Pioneers in bharatnatyam are Rukmini

devi,sudha chandran,Hema malini

Bharatnatyam was widely exposed through itsdepiction in popular movies and tv program

mes

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KATHAK

North india

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KATHAK :

Dance form of north india

Related with various stories of radha krishna

Different styles are known as gharanas viz,jaipurgharana,lucknow,benaras ,etc

In moghul period it changed from relegious form toentertainment

Later on it used to br performed by tawaifs on musicssuch as dadra,thumri,etc

Kathak is associated with nakhras Pioneers are Birju maharaj,Lachuu maharaj,Sitara devi ,

etc

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BOLLYWOOD:

Bollywood was always inspired by indian classical danceforms

From the era of meenakumari performing kathak in

pakeezah to the era vidya balan performingbharatnatayam in bhool bhulaiyaa

Bollywood has worked with the essence of culturaldances of india

Although the trend of dances has changed after everydecade but each of these decades have witnessedsome or other actresses from classical background

Eg; hema malini,jayaprada,aishwarya,madhubala.etc

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bharatnatyamkuchiipudi

raslila

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Meenaxi doing oddissi

Sridevi performing manipuri

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Shilpa shetty dancing mohiniattam

Madhuri dixit dancing on the

tunes ofkathak

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