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	Classical Dances of India, Indian Classical Dances, Classical Dance forms of India, Classical Dances of India, Indian ...
		Classical Dances of India, Indian Classical Dances, Classical Dance forms of India, Classical Dances of India, Indian Classical Dance Forms, Classical Dances in India.
		In the past 2000 years 6 main classical dance styles have evolved in India.Bharata's Natyashastra, is the most important source for establishing the characteristics of Indian drama (natya, meaning drama or theatre; shastra, a generic term referring to any authoritative text).
		The draw to the dance lies in the exactness of the interpretation of instruments through the mastery of the footwork and coordination with that of the hand and body.
	dances.iloveindia.com /classical-dances (0 words)

	Dance, Indian Classical
		One of the central issues concerning the transplantation of Indian dance into a diaspora setting is its representation as a form of ethnic folk dance.
		Indian dancers who arrived in Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s, such as Katthak dancer Rina Singha and Bharatanatyam/Odissi dancer Menaka THAKKAR (both based in Toronto), had to tackle this problem from the outset.
		The recognition of Indian dance as a bona fide system, and the increase in public support for the form due to the efforts of Thakkar, point to the invaluable contribution of this unique individual.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC832779 (546 words)

	Persian Classical Dance
		Unlike Arabic dance, which emphasizes movements of the hips, or western ballet, where the legs are lifted and feet moved in intricate patterns, the movements of Persian classical dance mostly involve the upper body: the face, head, torso, and hands.
		Classical dance is performance dance that has a tradition, is taught and maintained through the generations, whether by schools, dance masters, or by any student-teacher relationship.
		She provides an example that Persian classical dance is not a dead art, frozen in time and endlessly repeated, but one that is both rich in heritage, and capable of adapting and incorporating elements from outside its tradition.
	www.orientaldancer.net /articles/persian_classical_dance.shtml (1684 words)

	Dances of India,Indian Dances,Classical Indian Dances,Indian Folk Dances,Folk Dances in India,Classical Dances of India
		Classical Dances of India: Kuchipudi, Kathakali,Odissi, Kathak, Manipuri Dance
		Indian dance forms are in fact, beautiful expression of the moods, celebration and gaiety of the people.
		There are many types of dances in India, from the classical indian dance forms, which are deeply religious in content to the lively and mirthful folk dances of india, which are danced on more trivial happy occasions.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /dances (114 words)

	Indian Cultural Centre
		Each principal character in Kuchipudi dance introduces himself or herself on the stage with a brief composition of dance and song, specially designed for the character to help reveal his or her identity and show the performers skill in the art.
		The most popular dance is the pot dance, where the dancer keeps a pot on her head and her feet on the rims of a steel plate.
		The dance form is mostly ritualistic, and has still preserved the dance drama technique, which draws heavily from the rich lore of the legend and mythology.
	www.hcidhaka.org /culture/dance.html (1274 words)

	Indian Classical Dances, Lifestyle -- IndoIndians.com
		Indian classical dance was nurtured in the peaceful environment of the temple.
		Bharatanatyam is the classical dance, which is practised in the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, which is east of Kerala, south of Andhra Pradesh and southeast of Karnataka.
		Manipuri is the classical dance from the Manipur region in the northeast of India.
	www.indoindians.com /icdances.htm (2690 words)

	Bharatanatyam
		The social status and image of classical Indian dance was restored by Rukminidevi Arundale, the founder of Kalakshetra, who started teaching a simplified, Kalakshetra style invented by her after having learnt some of the Pandanallur style of classical Indian dance of Bharatanatyam in a record 3 years' time.
		In demonstrating the art of classical Indian dance abroad, I have made a special point of showing audiences how delicately linked is the realisation of movement to raga expression in abhinaya, including the subtle expression of gamaka's, intonation of sruti, and the unfolding of improvisation in niraval.
		A classical Indian dance of Bharatanatyam recital resembles the structure of a Hindu temple: first, one passes through the gopuram (outer gate) of alarippu, then one crosses the ardhamandapam (midway hall) of jatiswaram, next the mandapam (great hall of worship) of sabdam and enter the heart of the temple in the varnam.
	in.geocities.com /medhahari/classical_Indian_dance/classical_Indian_dance.html (3813 words)

	Dances Of India, Indian Dances, Dance Forms Of India, Indian Dance, Indian Dance Forms, Dances In India, About Indian ...
		Dance is a form of art, where the body is used as a medium of communication.
		It explains the intricacies of dance, emphasising on mudras or hand formations and their meanings, the kind of emotions and their categorisation, not to mention the kind of attire, the stage, the ornaments and even the audience.
		Classical Dance Forms of India: The genesis of contemporary styles of classical dance can be traced to the period between 1300-1400 A.D. India offers a number of classical dance forms where each dance form embodies the influences of the region from which it originates.
	dances.iloveindia.com (0 words)

	India: Art and Cultural Heritage
		Dance in India is guided by the elaborate codes in the Natya Shastra and by mythology, legend and classical literature.
		Classical music tradition was probably evolved from the religious poems and chants of the Vedic period.
		All classical music is set to the raga arrangements of musical notes that have a characteristic mood and are repeated in any composition.
	www.indianembassy.org /dydemo/art.htm (1126 words)

	Indian Dance,Traditional Dance of India,Classical Indian Dance,Guide on Indian Dance
		Dance have always been a very important part of the life of the Indians.
		Dancers are very important figures in the Indian culture and Indian dance have many varieties which reflects all aspect of life from religious to war to social.
		Orissi: The Odissi (Orissi) dance is the Indian classical dance from the Eastern state of Odissa.
	www.indiantravels.com /cultural-india/indian-dance.html (624 words)

	MALAVIKA SARUKKAI: a quintessential performer of Indian classical dance
		With her beautiful lines, deeply convincing mime, and exquisite taste in music, costume, and presentation, she transports even newcomers to Indian dance into a world of beauty, sensuality, and timeless human emotions richly infused with a sense of the sacred.
		Since Indian classical dance moved to the modern theatrical stage with audience members sometimes over a hundred feet away, many performers have taken to exaggerating their mime.
		Malavika's response to the new venue for classical dance is not so much to exaggerate her movements as to use her whole body to convey them in the subtlest of ways.
	www.exploredance.com /article.htm?id=588 (1101 words)

	Dances
		In Indian mythology, Shiva the supreme deity is Nataraja the cosmic dancer.
		The revival of classical dance was painstakingly accomplished, assisted by scholars who researched the poses engraved in stone sculptures adorning temple walls.
		Of all these dance forms, Bharat Natyam is believed to be the oldest and the purest Indian classical dance.
	www.goindiago.com /culture/dance.htm (187 words)

	Indian Dance
		To the dancer the four arms of the Nataraja are a depiction of dance movement in an immovable and static medium.
		Indian dance is a blend of nritta (the rhythmic elements), nritya (the combination of rhythm with expression) and natya (the dramatic element).
		Classical dance is a combination of bhava, raga and tala (mood, melody and rhythm).
	www.dollsofindia.com /read/indian_dance.htm (2299 words)

	Nritya - Indian Classical Dance
		Today the acknowledged classical styles are: Bharatnatyam of Tamil Nadu, Kathakali of Kerala, Kuchipudi of Andhra Pradesh, Manipuri of Northeast India, Orissi from Orissa, and Kathak from north India and Pakistan.
		The "great" tradition of European classical music was able to span the different ethnic groups that extend from Russia, throughout Europe, and even into the new world, yet the "little" folk traditions remained isolated to smaller geographical areas.
		Since all the various schools of dance are deficient in one or more of the benchmarks, one may argue that there are no classical dance forms in India.
	chandrakantha.com /articles/indian_music/nritya.html (0 words)

	Dance
		Indian Classical Dance is one of the most comprehensive and oldest dance forms in the world.
		Dance was one of the mediums of worship.
		Kuchipudi is a dance from that originated in the state of Andhra Pradesh on the mid eastern coast of India.
	people.bu.edu /prothero/dance.html (1237 words)

	classical indian/modern progressive dance and music
		Sri's primary classical Indian dance discipline is Mohini Attam from the south-western corner state of Kerala.
		Translated as 'dance of the enchantress,' Mohini Attam replicates the swaying of the palm trees native to this beach state and is softer than some of its sister disciplines.
		Sri is a director of Taal Dance company famous for choreography based on a synthesis of various forms of classical Indian dance.
	srimusic.com /bookinginfo.html (0 words)

	Dances of India, Traditional Indian Dances, Indian Classical Dances : India Line Travel
		The most popular dance is the pot dance, where the dancer keeps a pot on her head and on the rims of a steel plate places her feet.
		The dance form is mostly ritualistic, which draws heavily from the rich lore of the legend and mythology.
		The dances known as the rasa dances evolved only as a result of the interaction of the Vaishnava cult and several highly developed forms of ritual and religious dances which were prevalent in the area, in the 18th century.
	www.indialine.com /travel/knowindia/dance.html (1335 words)

	Indian Classical Dance (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Bharata Natyam, along with the other classical art forms in India, has its origins in the manuscript called the Natya Shastra which was written by Sage Bharata around 4000 B.C. It was primarily conceived out of the urge to express one's emotions and exuberance.
		Natyarpana dance school is run by Ms.Kripa Baskaran in an effort to propogate Indian culture and traditional values through the art form of Bharatnatyam.
		It tells about the Indian classical dance afficionado across the world, and it is a useful resource for dancers, choreographers, dance organizers, dance scholars and any one else interested in Indian classical dance.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /arts/dance/classicaldance (289 words)

	Classical Dance of India--An Overview
		Indian classical dancer Parimal Phadke explains some of the subtleties of this ancient art.
		Indian music and dance is based on the concept of cyclic rhythm or tala.
		To illustrate, if the dancer is dancing a love song, he is expected to explain the literal meaning of those lyrics--and then comes the real test of imagination: spinning out a story and making the audience enjoy various shades of that emotion through his or her story.
	www.frugalfun.com /indiandance.html (1146 words)

	Dance
		Indian classical dances are dances of the mind and soul and are extremely traditional.
		Indian classical dance was born and bred in the temples and then a few centuries later, reached the royal courts.
		These dances have indeed come a very long way from ancient temples and shrines and this is why all Indian classical dances have their roots deep in the religious aspects and thematically depend almost completely on the rich mythological tales of the Hindus.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/parkwood/388/dance.html (1362 words)

	Indian Classical Dance: A Universal Art by Alexandra Ramanova
		There has been so much written on Indian classical dance, that many people are already familiar with the history and theory of this art.
		Bharatanatyam became an Indian analogue to western classical dance for me. As a foreigner, who adopted Bharatanatyam as her own, I would like to share some of my personal experience connected to it.
		It is a classical art that not only gives us an entertainment and joy of life, but also carries a mental and spiritual education that serves the evolution of human consciousness.
	www.boloji.com /dances/00103.htm (687 words)

	Powell's Books - by (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gupta, scholar of Indian culture and comparative religion, teacher of hatha and kriya yoga, and initiate of the Sri Vidya tantric tradition of goddess worship, recounts the story of her initiation into Indian classical dance during the 1970s and distills her experience into techniques for yogic study for students of various levels.
		A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance is the first book to marry the purity of outer form that is characteristic of Indian Classical Dance to the inner development derived through yoga.
		Indian Classical Dance draws upon the sacred feminine energy of the yogini, a spiritual initiatress who dances with one foot in nature and one in culture.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=65-0892817658-2 (788 words)

	India, Countries, Dance, Visual Arts, Performing Arts at World Wide Arts Resources
		Dance Arts provides information on schools of dance, choreography, dance organizations, dance studios, traditional dance, as well as performance information on festivals and ballets.
		Indian Traditional dance teaching and performance of Seraikella Chhau masked dance and Rajasthani dances.
		Pallavi Krishnan is a leading exponent of Mohiniyattam, the dance of the enchantress originated from Kerala, in the south west corner of India.Its movements are so poetic and suble.
	www.wwar.com /categories/Dance/Countries/India (300 words)

	Surdhwani - Indian Classical Dance Styles
		Indian classical dance forms have a very long history and a close link with the religious and spiritual aspects of the Indian culture.
		Almost all of the classical dance forms also have very close association with classical or light classical music.
		The Indian classical dance forms went through a serious decline a few years ago but have now regained their former glory, even going through further evolutions through research and discovery by ardent followers of these disciplines.
	surdhwani.org.uk /asp/3-2-1.asp (237 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Multi-Style 'Gajamukha' Enlivened by Vocal Color
		The Indian dance drama "Gajamukha," performed Friday at Lisner Auditorium, was primarily powered by the production's superb musicians.
		These are enclosed by an opening invocation dance (the best of all the sections) and a concluding imitation of a temple ritual.
		She incorporates folk dance, pop dances and classical dance genres.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A40835-2004Oct17?language=printer (395 words)

	Kathak, Indian Classical Dance @ NewKerala.Com, India (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their dance, music and mime used to bring life to the great scriptures and Indian epics like the Mahabharata and the Ramayana apart from the Puranas of Sanskrit literature.
		The Lucknow gharana laid emphasis on the abhinaya and natya elements of dancing.
		In Kathak Yoga, one has to dance the mathematical bol pattern without assistance and recite the basic taalam, which requires the dancer to know the mathematics of the dance bols precisely.
	dance.newkerala.com /kathak-indian-dance.php (1106 words)

	The role of Indian classical dance in education - Suprava Mishra
		So in my view the child who will learn dance, the first thing she has to undergo a hard training from which she will learn discipline and patience which are the most important factors in a child's life.
		There is nothing to prevent an Indian from admiring or learning foreign dance, but then she must already have learnt Indian dance.
		An Indian who does not care for the dance of his country cannot really understand any foreign dance, though he might be able to indulge in spurious imitation.
	www.artindia.net /suprava.html (1058 words)

	Allegro Dance Studio - Indian Dancing, The Art Of Indian Classical Dance in Atlanta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her ardent devotion to dance from early childhood led her to make it her passion and after years of disciplined training under eminent gurus of the purest traditional styles, she emerged as a classical dancer of repute.
		When Adrita is not pursuing her passion of Indian Classical Dance, she can be found gardening and spreading the rich cultural heritage of India.
		Indian Classical Dance is a marvelous companion class to Allegro Dance Studio's Bellydancing Classes.
	www.allegrodancestudio.com /indiandancing.htm (528 words)

	Seasons India :: Indian Classical Dance - Bharatnatyam
		The most celebrated art form of the Southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu, Bharatanatyam is a dynamic and earthy dance style.
		It is, in effect, a tradition that demands of the performer - total dedication, detachment from wordly ties and a sublimation of self to the art.
		It is based upon a balanced distribution of body weight and firm positions of the lower limbs, allowing the hands to cut into a line, to flow around the body, or to take positions that enhance the basic form.
	www.seasonsindia.com /art_culture/dance_bharat_sea.htm (266 words)

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