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What is dance ?
Dance is a visually powerful art form.It uses vivid and eloquent mudras
for communication.Dance communicates man’s deepest, highest and most truly
spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.
It is used effectively to convey some meaning, emotion and cultural
values. Dance is the imitation of our own action,reaction and conviction presented
in sophisticated gesticulation,exploiting the body, mind and soul. A dancer
dissolves her identity in rhythm and music, and makes her body an instrument for
experience of the soul.
“Dance is a song
of the body. Either of joy or pain.” – Martha Grayham
In the study of dance the entire body is divided as Anga, Pratyanga and Upaanga.
Anga:
Head, Hands, Chest, Waist, Bottom, Legs and Neck.
Pratyanga:
Shoulders, Arms, Stomach, thighs, Knees, Wrist, elbow and Ankle.
Upaanga:
Sight, Eyebrow, Eye lids, Eye balls, Cheeks, Nose, Gums, Lower Lip, Teeth,
Tongue, Chin and Face.
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Indian Classical Dances
Many Indian classical dancers credit Nataraja (the Hindu deity
Shiva depicted as lord of the dance) with teaching mankind how to
dance. You may be familiar with his image — balanced on his right
leg, his left leg lifted across his body and his four arms flared in
different positions.
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While Nataraja has come to personify classical Indian dance, he is more than a
depiction of movement. The deity represents myth, symbolism and mysticism
everything classical Indian dance embodies
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Articles on Classical Dances
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