Indian dance forms

This is a feminine dance form that comes from the mountains region of manipur, situated on the north eastern border of India. The movements of manipuri dance are very tender, lyrical and slow. The moves are not done by force but they contain force that's a distinctive feature about it.the dancers very gently move their arms in arcs and circular motions. There are in fact no sharp edges to any of movements. All the movements of the Dance are in a flow that gives a fluidity and suppleness to the performance and make the dance quite different from the other styles which include quick and rigorous footwork and pirouettes. Even the facial expression is subtle and gentle. A manipuri dance form has been very much influenced by the religious movements of vaishnaivism, the raasleelas and the worship of lord vishnu. A manipuri dancer wears a long embroidered skirts with transparent veil. The Male dancers play drums called as 'pung' and execute twirls and turns on fast rhythm.

This is much elaborated and highly stylized classical dance originated in the south Indian state if kerela.  This dance form is performed only by man who profoundly enact different scenes and characters from mythological stories and scriptures. Ramayana and mahatma are the two mostly enacted epics.  Kathakali is featured by elaborate bright billowing costumes, huge head gears, colorful makeup,  ornaments,  long silver nails, hyper music and exaggerated expressions   the dancer of kathakali uses a symbolic makeup and Express the character of the person they are representing.  Various emotions and characters are enacted through fantastic costumes and makeups. This dance is moreover expression based.  The movement of eyebrows, micro and macro of faces, eyeballs and cheeks play an indispensable role in enacting any role and in the overall performance.  The most fascinating feature of kathakali is the amazing dramatic quality.  The dancer never s...

This is also a one of the oldest Indian classical dance form that had its origin in the north Indian state. In the ancient hindu temple there were story tellers who used to narrate the stories of gods and goddesses to the Audience. Traditionally they were known as 'kathakar' (the one who narrate the stories or a 'katha') and the dance they used to perform to convey their katha got named as ' kathak'. We can trace an immense influence of the rituals and temple dances. And also the bhakti movements over this dance form. That is why the themes like Krishna's holi or raas-leela and mythological characters; Radha, Shiva and parvati are very much a part of this dance form. 16th century onwards the kathak dance begin to absorb certain characteristics of central Asian dance and Persian dance which were basically brought by the royal courts of the mughal phase. Kathak has three main and important 'gharanas' or school of lineage these ar...

Bharatnatyam it is one of the oldest and most popular Indian classical dance forms originated around 2000 years back in the state of Tamil nadu . This dance form is inspired by the ancient sculpture art of temple of chidambram. This dance is performed by both 'females' and the 'males' . In the 19th century  four brothers known as the thanjavur quartet documented and classified  bharatnayam as a performing art. Thanjavur quartet  had given numerous of musical compositions for this dance. Which form a bulk of bharatnatya collection even today. As a art form, bharatnayam is full-featured.  It incorporation  natyam, poetry and imitator, melody and basic postures of the dance form are balanced positions, hand positions frames the body in symmetrical lines and in geometrical patterns. This dance proposes a variety of movements which lay an emphasis on hitting the floor with the feet, jumping and turning,  the footwork is quick rhythmical  and mathematical ...

Dance is a simple lay man's language is an expression of the inner feeling and emotions. Dance can convey the innermost feelings and emotions through the medium of physical postures ,gestures and expressions. Without speaking a word that which enable enables you to convey a message to the mass. With every purpose, the form of the form of the dance does not change .dance is an art ,it is a dialect of the soul and it is fundamentally a discipline. People who are inclined towards and devoted to dance.dance has been deeply rooted in the core of India. India possesses a varied of dances. Numerous dance forms are performed in our country. The distinctive feature that distinguishes the classical dance forms from any other dance style is that, classical dance forms involve 'mudras' by the dancer/artist as a shorthand language to narrate or convey a story to the audience.  Classical dance form also includes facial expression,  eye and head movement as the most essential elements ...