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Performer at a Kannur district school dance festival, 2009. Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala. [1] [2] The dance gets its name from Mohini – the female enchantress avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who helps the devas prevail over the asuras using her feminine charm.
Kathakali is different from a similar-sounding Kathak, though both are Indian classical dance traditions of "story play" wherein the stories have been traditionally derived from the Hindu epics and the Puranas. Kathak is an ancient performance art that emerged in North India, with roots in traveling bards retelling mythical and spiritual ...
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[17] [20] The text, states Natalia Lidova, describes the theory of Tāṇḍava dance , the theory of rasa, of bhāva, expression, gestures, acting techniques, basic steps, standing postures – all of which are part of Indian classical dances. [17] [21] Dance and performance arts, states this ancient text, are a form of expression of spiritual ...
Kerala Natanam (Kerala Dance) is a new style of dance that is now recognised as a distinct art form evolved from Kathakali, a form of Indian dance-drama.The Indian dancer Guru Gopinath a well-trained Kathakali artist and his wife Thankamani Gopinath who was the first student of Mohiniyattam in Kerala Kalamandalam developed a unique structure for teaching and performing classical dance forms of ...
Būta Kōlā, [note 1] also referred to as Daiva Kōlā or Daiva Nēmā, is a shamanistic Hindu dance performance practised, believed and protected by the Tuluvas of Tulu Nadu and parts of Malenadu of Karnataka and Kasargod in northern Kerala, India. The dance is highly stylized and performed as part of 'Bhootaradhane' or worship of the local ...
Deodhani (Folk dance of Assam, North East India) Dhangari (Folk dance of Maharashtra, West India) Dhemsa (Tribal dance of Koraput, Odisha) Domkach (Folk dance of Bihar and Jharkhand) Dekhni (attractive mixture of folk culture and western music came into existence during Portuguese ruling goa)
Koodiyattam and Chakyar koothu were among the dramatized dance worship services in the temples of ancient India, particularly Kerala. Both koodiyattam and Chakyar koothu originated from the ancient art form koothu , which is mentioned several times in Sangam literature, and the epigraphs of the subsequent Pallava, Pandiyan , Chera, and Chola ...