Chhau (Eastern India) The Chhau dance of Eastern India -- Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. episodes from the epics Mahabhara…
Sattriya Dance ‘Sattriya dance’ refers to the body of dance and danced drama developed in the sattras or monasteries of Assam since the sixteenth century, when the Vaishnava faith propagated by the saint and reformer Shankarad…
Kuchipudi (Southern India) Kuchipudi, one of the major dance forms of India was originated from Andhra Pradesh, where it grew largely as a product of Bhakti movement beginning in the 7th Century AD. Kuchipudi derives its name …
Mohiniattam Mohiniattam, which belongs to Kerala in southern India , takes its name from the mythic enchantress Mohini. It is dance of feminine grace, and has grown out of performances connected with Kerala’s temples. The princ…
Kathakali Kathakali or ‘story play’ took shape in Kerala in southern India in the seventeenth century under the patronage of the prince of Karnataka, who wrote plays for performance drawn from the epic Ramayana in Malayalam, t…
Odissi Dance, Orissa (Eastern India) Odissi dance has its origins in Orissa in eastern India, where in its rudimentary form it was performed as part of temple service by ‘maharis’ or female temple servants. The traditional danc…
Kathak (Northern India) Kathak is the principal dance of northern India, and is widely practised in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, and even parts of western and eastern India today. It is believed to be connec…
Manipuri Dance, Manipur (North-eastern India) Manipuri dance, evolved in Manipur in north-eastern India, is anchored in the Vaishnava faith of the Meiteis, or people of the Manipur valley. The temples of Manipur are still among…
Bharatanatyam, Tamil Nadu (Southern India) Bharatanatyam of Tamil Nadu in southern India has grown out of the art of dancers dedicated to temples, and was earlier known as Sadir or Dasi Attam. It is the first of India's tr…
Culture Dances MCQ by Home Academy 1. ________ dance, performed by Buddhists to ward off evil spirits, is a dance form of Himachal Pradesh (a) Chham ( b) Natya (c) Dham ( d) Gogra Culture Dances MCQ by Home Acad…