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  2. Odissi - Wikipedia

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    Odissi mudra murals in Bhubaneswar Odissi pose at Konark Sun Temple. The basic unit of Odissi are called bhangas. These are made up of eight belis, or body positions and movements, combined in many varieties. [41] Motion is uthas (rising or up), baithas (sitting or down) or sthankas (standing). [41]

  3. Tribhanga - Wikipedia

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    Like many other poses used in traditional Indian dance, including Odissi, Bharata Natyam and Kathak, Tribhangi or Tribhanga can be found in Indian sculpture as well. . Traditionally the Yakshi is shown with her hand touching a tree branch, and a sinuous pose, tribhanga pose, as is Salabhanjika, whose examples dating to the 12th century can be found in the Hoysala temples of Belur, in south ...

  4. Gotipua - Wikipedia

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    Odissi dance is a combination of tandava (vigorous, masculine) and lasya (graceful, feminine) dances. It has two basic postures: tribhangi (in which the body is held with bends at the head, torso and knees) and chouka (a square-like stance, symbolising Jagannath).

  5. List of mudras (dance) - Wikipedia

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    In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 48 root mudras (hand or finger gestures) are used to clearly communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or creatures in which 28 require only one hand, and are classified as `Asamyuta Hasta', along with 23 other primary mudras which require both hands and are classified as 'Samyuta Hasta'; these 51 are ...

  6. Konark Dance Festival - Wikipedia

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    The exquisite 'Salamander' or the 'dancing hall' of this shrine is an architectural wonder. Every inch of its walls has been covered with fine artistic designs of ancient times. Musicians playing drums, cymbals, and other musical instruments adorn the sculptures in Odissi dance poses. [3]

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  8. Tribhanga (film) - Wikipedia

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    Tribhanga is a dance pose in Odissi and its nature is said to represent that of the three leading women in the film, played by Azmi, Kajol and Palkar. [10] [11] Principal photography commenced on 14 October 2019 and ended on 8 December 2019. The film was shot entirely in Mumbai. [12]

  9. Madhumita Raut - Wikipedia

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    Madhumita Raut in an Odissi pose at Konark Sun Temple. Madhumita Raut is an Indian classical dancer of Odissi.She is the daughter of Mamta Khuntia and Mayadhar Raut, who contributed to the revival of Odissi in the 1950s with Shastra-based knowledge.