Classical dance
8 - sankeet Natak academy. 9-mo culture
Rabindra Bhawan, ND
1953
Natya shastra by Bharat muni Abhinay darpan: Mudras
• Origin of classical dances By nandikeshan
• Sanskrit
• 36 chapters & 6000 verses
• Rasa theory is mentioned(chapter 6 &7 )
• Il components of drama
• 3 styles of playhouse- oblong, square, triangular
1. Bharatnatyam
TN in Carnatic music
Renamed in 1932 by
Oldest dance Krishna lyer &
Performed solo lé, ek harya Rukmini Devi Arundale
Old names- Sadir, thevaratam, parathaiyatam
Mainly devoted to Shiva
Descriptions in silappatikaram & tolkappiyam
(koothanoo))
Performed in temples by dasis
Banned by British in 1910 1892 = antidance movement
Bh arat natyam Illustrations found in
• Kanchipuram shiva temple
Bhavam Ragam Thalam • Chidambaram temple
• Badami cave temple (cave 1 = Nataraja)
5 ft (1.5m),18 arms
American dancer Esther Sherman changed her name to Ragini Devi
Kalakshetra style developed by Rukmini Devi Arundale
Terms
Bani = tradition
Ara mandalam = dance style
Nattuvanar = guru or performing families
Pandanallur style, vazhuvoor style
Alarippu = rhythmic invocation (Vandana)
Pushpanjali → alarippu → jatiswaram → shabdam → varnam → tillana
→ Mangalam
Exponents -:
Balasaraswati
Alarmel Valli: P. Bhushan in 2004
Padma Subrahmanyam- created Bharat nrittam
Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai
Mrinalini Sarabhai
Mallika Sarabhai.
Leela Samson
Shanta dhananjayau
VP dhananjayan
Rama Vaidyanathan
Meenakshi chitharanjan 1st transgender to receive SNAA in 2011
Padma Shri in 2019
Narthaki Nataraj
Urmila satyanarayanan
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Rukmini Devi Arundale _ IST woman to be nominated to RS
Padma Bhushan in 1956,SNAA 1957
,Yamini Krishna murthy
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Hema Malini - Padma shri 2000.
Radha Shridhar
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Bharatnatyam + kuchipudi,
Asthana narthaki of Tirupati
Torch bearer of kuchupudi
Autobio = "a passion for dance"
Padma Shri - 1968
Sangeet Natak AA: 1977
Padma Bhushan - 2001
Padma Vibhushan - 2016
Natya shastra award - 2014
Andhra Pradesh
2. Kuchipudi In Tanjore → bhagavat mela
Modern version attributed to tirtha Narayan yeti and sidhendra yogi
Devoted to Vishnu
Mentioned in copper inscriptions + machupalli kaifat text
Vijayanagra Kingdom + Golconda sultan Abdul Hasan Tana Shah
Bhagavathala or kusselavas: ancient performers
Major dramas
Bhama kalapam = sidhendra yogi(parijathapaharana
Krishna
. Leela tarangini = Narayana teertha
Golla kalapam = ramaiah Shastri
Exponents
Vempati Chinna Satyam
Aparna satheeshan
Lakshmi Narayan Shastri
Vedanta Satyanarayan
Swapna Sundari
Shobha Naidu
Yamini Krishnamoorthy
Mallika Sarabhai
Indrani Bajpai
Hema Malini = Bharatnatyam + kuchipudi
Haleem khan
Satyanarayan Sharma
3, Odissi Built Srjan in 1993
SNAA in 1966
Ondre natyam P. Shri in 1974
Kharavela ruler P. Bhushan in 1988
p. Vibhushan in 2000
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Sujata Mohapatra
Leela Mohanty
Niharika Mohanty
Shagun Bhutani
Gangadhar Pradhan
Madhavi Mudgal
Bijayni satpathy
Sunjukta Panigrahi
Sudhakar Sahu
Sutapa Talukdar
Pankaj charan Das
Kabichandra Kalicharan Patnaik: termed "odissi"
Ileana citaristi: from Italy, Padma shri in 2006
Sonal Mansingh: Padma Vibhushan in 2003
Surupa Sen
4. Kathak Thumri
Bhavai
2 forms
Evolved during Bhakti movement
Dedicated to Krishna
Only Indian classical dance to feature Persians elements
" Nautch dancers" by British
Mentioned in sangitaratnakara (13th century Sanskrit text)
Pandit pure dadheech re-introduced dhrupad into Kathak
Wajid Ali than helped in revival of Kathak
Kharanas.
Banaras: Janaki Prasad
Lucknow: Ishwari Prasad, maharajas
Jaipur: bhanuji
Raigarh: Raja chakradhan Singh
Exponents \ 1984 Padma Vibhushan
Birju maharaja 1964 Sanket Natak AA
1987 Kalidas samman
Lauchu maharaja 2002 Lata Mangeshkar puraskar
Achhan maharaja Youngest dancer to receive Padma Vibhu
Shovana Narayan Kalashram in 1998.in Delhi
Sitara Devi Father & guru = acehan maharaja
Kamini A stana National award for choreography
Nalini Astana 2012 vishwaroopam
Narayan Prasad 2016 Bajirao Mastani
Kalka Prasad
Ishwari Prasad
Vidhya Gauri Hagar
Aditi Mangal Das
Kumkum Dhar
Roshan kumari
Kumari Kamala Padma Bhushan in 1970
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5. Mohiniyattam
Ancient text = vyavaharamala by mathamángala Narayanan in 1709
Solo dance by female
Teritichiyakam
Nangai natukam Ancient name
Dasiyatam
Exponents
Gopika Varma
Kanak rule
Sunanda Nair
Sayaprabha Menon
Radha Dutta.
Pallavi Krishnan
Kalyanikuty Amma- founder of Kerala kalyanam in 1952
5 forms
6 Kathakali Natyam -
Nritham
Nrittyam
Based on epics of Ramayana & Mahabharata
Sangeetam
Played after sevakali session Vaadyam
Vocal performance in Hindi
24 styles
Exponents
Millennia Salvini
P.V. Balakrishnan
Kunchu kurup
Gopinath
Nandakumar Nair
Jagoi- feminine aspect
7. Manipuri
cholom- masculine aspect
Based on vaishnavism
By meitei tribe
Introvert dance
Exponents -
Jhaveri sisters
Bimbavati Devi
Nirmala Mehta.
Charu Mathur
Devyani chalina
Aluna Kabuni
Guru: amudon Sharma
Guru Bipin Singh
7 Govindji nartanalaya in Imphal
Manipur nartanalaya in calcutta
SNAA in: 1966
8. Sattriya
Classical dance in 2000
Father = srimanta sankaradex
Borgeet
Ankiya naat- bhaara Used in sattriya
Chali ,jhumra,nadu bangi
Vaishnavite form of dance
Exponents
Jatin Goswami
Bhupen Hazarika
ghanakanta bora
Indira bora
Monigram Dutta
