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This ritual dance is performed in south Karnataka to tranquilize the serpent spirit, and is an extravagant night-long affair. The dancers (Vaidyas) dance all night around a huge figure, drawn on the ground in natural colors, in a pandal in front of the shrine. The dance is generally performed between December and April.
A fusion of folk and classical tradition makes Yakshagana a unique form of art which includes colourful costumes, music, dance, singing, and most importantly dialogs composed on the fly. Award-winning performers include Keremane Shambhu Hegde, Chittani Ramachandra Hegde. Yakshagana and Dollu Kunitha are two of the popular dance forms of Karnataka.
Karaga is a folk festival of Karnataka which originated as a ritual dedicated to Draupadi as known in these parts as Droupadmma. The ritual is performed on a full moon day.
Firkal dance of Chotanagpur performed at Central Park, Delhi. Firkal is a martial art folk-dance of Bhumij tribe. The main instruments of Firkal are swords, arrows, bows and shields. It can be found in Potka block of Jharkhand and some parts of Odisha, India. [1]
By the age of six and ten, Sok participated in dance competitions, and transitioned to hip-hop, respectively. [4] She rose to fame by the former age when multiple of her videos on YouTube became viral, [2] [4] namely her dance performance from the KAR Dance Competition, which received millions of views overnight, [2] and becoming a star on TikTok years later. [6]
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The dance is highly stylized and performed as part of 'Bhootaradhane' or worship of the local deities worshipped by the Tulu speaking population. It has influenced Yakshagana folk theatre. [ 1 ] Būta kōlā is closely related to Theyyam of North Malabar region and Theyyam is the evolutionised form of Bhuta Kola.
Shiamak Davar is an Indian choreographer, noted as one of the first to bring contemporary jazz and western forms of dance to India. [1] He is known as the guru of contemporary dance in India. He is responsible for modernizing India's dance scene especially in the film and theatre industries.