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  Mohiniaattam - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mohiniaattam (also spelled as mohiniattom or mohiniyattam; Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം, Sanskrit: मोहिनी आटम्) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
It is a very graceful dance meant to be performed as a solo recital by women.
The name Mohiniaattam may have been coined after Lord Vishnu, and the main theme of the dance is love and devotion to God, with usually Vishnu or Krishna being the hero.
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 Mohiniaattam - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Mohiniaattam - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Mohiniaattam (മൊഹിനിയാട്ടം) (also spelled as mohiniattam or mohiniyattam) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
The purpose being to enchant the mind without enticing the senses.
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  The Art Forms of Kerala - Mohiniaattam
Mohiniaattam is a classical dance that adopts a mean between the two parallel streams of classical dances — Bharatanaatyam and kathakali — in technique and style, both fixed according to Naatya Shastra, the scriptures of the Indian classical tradition.
It is said that earlier Mohiniaattam dancers enjoyed a wide repertoire but during the period of decline of Mohiniaattam a major part of this repertoire was lost.
The main emotion in Mohiniaattam is Sringaara or the sentiment of love is an important aspect of all Indian classical dancers, especially so in Mohiniaattam where it is given greater importance perhaps more than in other classical dance forms.
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  tScholars.com | Mohiniaattam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mohiniaattam (also spelled as mohiniattom or mohiniyattam; Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം, Sanskrit: मोहिनी आटम्) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
It is a very graceful dance meant to be performed as a solo recital by women.
The name Mohiniaattam may have been coined after Lord Vishnu, and the main theme of the dance is love and devotion to God, with usually Vishnu or Krishna being the hero.
www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Mohiniyattam   (441 words)

  
 info: Mohiniaattam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Mohiniyattam (also spelled as mohiniaattam, mohiniattom or mohiniyattam; Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം, Sanskrit: मोहिनी आटम्) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
The Art Forms of Kerala - MohiniaattamMohiniaattam : Mohiniaattam is a classical dance that adopts a mean between the two parallel streams of classical dances – Bharatanaatyam and kathakali – in technique and...
The dance forms of South India are Bharathanatyam, Kuchipudi and Mohiniaattam which literally translates as 'the dance of the enchantress'.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of dances   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Molly dancing is a form of English Morris dance, traditionally done by out of work ploughboys in midwinter in the 19th century.
Mohiniaattam (and#3374;and#3398;and#3390;and#3385;and#3391;and#3368;and#3391;and#3375;and#3390;and#3359;and#3405;and#3359;and#3330;) (also spelled as mohiniattam or mohiniyattam) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
Cotswold morris with handkerchiefs A morris dance is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied with music.
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 Arts and entertainment in India information - Search.com
Kuchipudi is the name of a small village in the Divi Taluq of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal and with resident Brahmins practising this traditional dance form, it acquired the present name.
Mohiniaattam is a traditional dance from the South Indian state of Kerala.
The costume worn by the dancers are typically white coloured kasavu saree with golden borders.
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 kerala.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Here, experts use kettukari (cane staffs) in the kolthari style of combat.Kerala's culture is a blend of Dravidian and Aryan influences, deriving from both a greater Tamil-heritage region known as Tamilakam and southern coastal Karnataka.
Later, Kerala's culture was elaborated upon through centuries of contact with neighboring and overseas cultures.[92] Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali – from katha ("story") and kali ("performance") – and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam ("dance of the enchantress"), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.
This was the result of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma's popularisation of the genre in the 19th century.[93][94] Raga-based renditions known as sopanam accompany kathakali performances.
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Later, Kerala's culture was elaborated upon through centuries of contact with neighboring and overseas cultures.
Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali ;– from katha ("story") and kali ("performance") â€“ and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam ("dance of the enchantress"), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.
Other forms of art are more religious or tribal in nature.
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Kerala's culture is mainly Dravidian in origin, deriving from a greater Tamil-heritage region known as Tamilakam.
Later, Kerala's culture was elaborated on through centuries of contact with overseas cultures.[79] Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali — from katha ("story") and kali ("performance") — and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam ("dance of the enchantress"), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.
These include oppana (originally from Malabar), which combines dance, rhythmic hand clapping, and ishal vocalisations.
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 Kerala
These include chavittu nadakom, oppana (originally from Malabar), which combines dance, rhythmic hand clapping, and ishal vocalisations.
Later, such Keralite writers as O. Vijayan, M. Mukundan, and Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy — whose 1996 semi-autobiographical bestseller The God of Small Things is set in the Kottayam town of Ayemenem — have gained international recognition.
A mohiniaattam (Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം — "dance of the enchantress") performer.
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 Mohiniaattam Did You Mean mohiniaattam?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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 Culture of South India - South Indian Culture - South India Culture - Cultural South India
Its dramatic dances, clothing and exquisite sculptures, all reflect this policy.
The feminine grace is used skillfully and enhanced in the elaborate dance forms of South India such as Mohiniaattam, which means the dance of the enchantress and Bharathanatyam that expresses the celebration of beauty and the universe.
The latter follows rigid tenets of perfectly erect posture, a well-rounded and proportionate body mass, very long hairs and a curvaceous waist.
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 Trivandrum - World Wikia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Of course, you would find many pubs and bars attached to hotels and restaurants, the festivities associated with the conventional nightlife is absent.
However, there is still scope to enjoy your evenings and late evenings in a different way: you have the option to watch performing arts of Kerala like Kathakali or Mohiniaattam dances and a variety of other cultural programs.
There is another dimension of the nightlife of Trivandrum, and it unfolds in the Kovalam Beach which becomes more active and vibrant during the night than the day.
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 Culture of Kerala | Travel to India
Kerala’s culture is mainly Dravidian in origin, deriving from a greater Tamil culture region known as Thamizhagom.
Later, Kerala’s culture was elaborated upon by centuries of contact with overseas lands.[50] Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali (from katha (”story”) and kali (”performance”)) and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam (”dance of the enchantress”), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.
Native to Malabar, oppana combines dance, rhythmic hand clapping, and ishal vocalizations.
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 Kochi - World Wikia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Kochi does not have the nightlife as understood in the conventional sense.
However, you have an option to watch a variety of cultural programs including performing arts of Kerala like Kathakali or Mohiniaattam dances.
You may also spend your evenings and late evenings in any of the pubs and bars attached to restaurants and hotels.
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 Kerala information - Search.com
Native performing arts include koodiyattom, kathakali – from katha ("story") and kali ("performance") – and its offshoot Kerala natanam, koothu (akin to stand-up comedy), mohiniaattam ("dance of the enchantress"), thullal, padayani, and theyyam.
Additionally, a substantial Malayalam film industry effectively competes against both Bollywood and Hollywood.
Malayalam literature is ancient in origin, and includes such figures as the 14th-century Niranam poets (Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar), whose works mark the dawn of both modern Malayalam language and indigenous Keralite poetry.
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 Blog catalog » Blog Archive » The kuchipudi school
The fourth and last programme on the occasion of Tamil Nadu, Kuchipudi dancers and in the renouned kuchipudi classical dancer started Kuchipudi is a dance styles of dance, Sunipa was in her school of Dance.
She started her graduate degree Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniaattam, Odissi, Sattriya.
Swagatham and Allaripu, Indian Dance in Brookline, MA and has started in 1967.
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 KutcheriBuzz - It's all about south indian classical music and dance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Those who wish to apply can contact the Principal, Lasya College of Music and Dance, P.O.Pilathara, Kannur District, Kerala, 670 501.
Bhaaskara College of Fine Arts, affiliated to Kannur University (Kerala) offers full scholarship with hostel facilities to deserving students to pursue training in Bharatanaatyam, Kathakali, Mohiniaattam, Carnatic Vocal and mridangam under well known Gurus in the respective fields.
The college is run by well known dancer-guru V.P. Dhananjayan.
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 Mymissourian - RAINBOW II — World Poetry through Indian Dances
India offers a number of classical dance forms where each form embodies the influences of the region from which it originates.
These are — Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniaattam, Odissi and Sattriya.
Indian dances and music were not only seen as ways to celebrate, but also as offerings of worship and thanksgiving to God.
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Mohiniyattam (also spelled as mohiniaattam, mohiniattom or mohiniyattam; Malayalam:, Sanskrit: -) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India.
But it also has elements of Koothu and Kottiyattom in it.
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 Kaumudi Online -- London News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Performing both classical and cinematic dance Divya Unni managed to entertain the cross section of audience.
Pathmini Parameswaran's evocative and sensous Mohiniaattam of Irayimman Thampis " Omanaththinkal Kidavo" was on a par with the dance of Divya Unni.
Former judge of Kerala and Bombay high courts K Sukumaran made the keynote speech at the jubilee celebration.
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