Dances Flashcards
which is considered as earliest treatise on dance, drama and music?
Bharat Muni.s Natyashastra.
story says , he wrote the book based on instructions from Brahma deva.
based on instructions from Lord Brahma , what elements from the existing vedas are taken into consideration.??
pathya…Rigveda
abhinaya….yujurveda
geet…samveda
rasa ….atharvaveda
who elaborated Navrasa?
nandikeshwara in Book Abhinayadarpanam
what are the Navarasas?
sringara rasa vir rasa hasya rasa vibhatsa rasa...disgust raudra Adhbut karunya shanti rasa.
what do you about Bharatnatyam???
oldest classical dance form of India
taken arrived from word Bharata(means Bhava raga tala)
emerged from the system of Devadasi system of Tamilnadu.
which was abolished in 1930 in madras.
which freedom fighter revived Bharatnatyam
E.krishnaIyer
rukmini arundale assosiates with??
bharatanatyam.
what are the steps of Bharatnatyam???
alaripu. ….invoking god
jatiswaram. …pure dance move
shabdam. ..begineering of expression
varnam. …eloboration of Abhinaya
padam. …mastery of Abhinaya
jawali. ….nice danec on short lyrics
thillana. …joyous movement
which is also known as Dasiyattam??
dance of dashis.
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what are other features of Bharatnatyam???
Ek charya lashyam…single dancer takes all other role forms.
katak mukta hasta mudra– mudra with 3 fingers.
carnatic music is used in this
what instruments are used in Bharatanatuam?
Mrudangam
veena
violin
flute
mallika sarabhai and mrunalini sarabai are assosiated with which dance
Bharatanatyam
yamini krishnamuethy and padma subramanyam assosiated with ?
bharatanatyam
kuchupudi originated in which area?
kuchelapuram emergence-- group of male dancers (kusselva) | Male brahmins( Bhagwathuls) practising it during Neo-vaisnavite movement. | later patronised by Vijayanagara rulers.
in moderntimes who revived Kuchupadi???
balasaraswati and Raginidevi
which dance Represents Element of Earth.?
kuchupudi-Earth
kathakali-importamce of sky
odishi –fludic dance,water.
whats the first step in kuchupudi??
Daru….all invoking god one by one.
this dance gives more importance to sringara rasa.
even dancers sing sometimes.
one of the most popular theme of kuchupudi is BHAMAKALPAM.(story of satyabhama)
same carnatic music is used here.
but in Kathakali carnatic is not used while SOPANA ,local style is used.
what are other solo elements of Kuchupudi?
Manduk shabdam
Tarangam
Talachitra natyam.
Raja and radha reddy
yamuni krishnamurthy assosiated with ?
kuchupudi
kiran sehgal , famous dancer linked with?
kuchupudi dance
which 2 forms emerged from Kerala?
mohiniyatam
kathakali
kathakali emerged from?
traditional theatres of kerala like ramanattam krishnattam koothiyattam chakiarkotthu
later it emerged into seperate one.
which music is used in kathakali?
SOPANA
regional music of kerala.
music insturments used are–chenda
maddala
idakka
samkhu
which is called as Ballet of east?
kathakali
becoz of its famous expressions
kathakali highlights importance of ?
sky in the body.
essence of this form is victory of good over evil by rama.
v.n menon popularised which 2 famous dance forms?
kathakali and mohiniyattam
3 colors of masks in kathakali by damcers indicate what
red- royalty luxuy
black-evil
green- peace
kunchu kurup and rita ganguly are which dancers???
kathakali.
kerala has many dance forms out od whole india.
What does mohiniyatam means?
enchantress dance.
born in kerala.
describes story of samudramanthanam…and avatara of mohini by vishnu..
patronised by travencore rulers.
later unde Mukundaraja, vp.menon revived it.
whats the attire in Mohiniyattam?
half white golden saree with jasmine gajra…
steps of mohiniattam remebles seawaves.,paddy fileds and palm 🌴.
carnatic music is played here.
lashya aspect is more int his dance.
as this damce is performed by Females only. at present also females only
madhuri amman and sunanda nair are which damcers ???
mohiniyattam
hema malini and jayaprabha menon ,and baijayantimala are assosiated with which dance
mohiniyattam
which is the second oldest form of damce after Bharatnatyam???
odissi.
in bharatamunis book, odissi has been mentioned as which dance ??
Udharanritya
which form is found on walls of udaigiri and khandagiri?
odissi.
jain king kharavela patronised it.
intially Maharis who are temple damcers intially performed it.
odissi is worldwide famous. thats why foreigners also perform it.
charles habri led to global recognition of which dance ?
odissi
what are the features of odissi dance.??
fluidic dance.
dancer creates any shape.
highlights element of water.
what are 2 popular postures of odissi dance?
tribanga posture.-bending neck torso knee
chowk posture.–creating sqaure shape with her legs as a masculine posture.
final step of odissi ???
Moksha. or trikund manjuri.
actually dance start with
batunirtya
palavi
tharijyam.
hindustani music is played in Odissi dance.
whats the Theme of Odissi ??
inspired from Geetgovind written by Jaidev.
vichitra ramayan
kontoyan viswanath.
sonal man singh , sanjuktha parashar are linked with which dance ??
odissi
guru kelu charan Mohapatra linked which dance?
odissi.
myrta brarie(argentina) and sharon lowen(usa) are assosiated with ???
odissi dance.
what is Gotipura
one of famous forms of Odissi performed by young boys in attire of vishnu.
perform like acrobatic jumps performance.
what do u know about damce Manipuri ???
linked to celestial damce of shiva and parvati who once danced in manipuri with local gandarvas..
later on manipuri gathered many traditions from local
like—-
from Thangta, Lai haroba dance ,
and themes like rasleela and sankeerthana for lordkrishna.
and
manipuri dance emphasizes more on which aspect?
Nagabandhu-8 like body posture.
and
Sarvang Abhinaya.(bodily expressions)
which music is used during Manipuri dance ?
local music just like that of in Kathakali.
using pung, pena, kartala , lymbal and manjiva.
who bought the Manipuri damce into limelight ???
Rabindranath tagore.
who introduced this form in Vishwabharathi santikethan university.
Bimbavati devi does which damce?
manipuri
nayana performs which dance ?
manipuri.
who are Jhaveri sisters famous for manipuri dance?
nayana
suverna
ranjana
darsana
shankaradeva led to creation of which dance form?
sattariya.
shankaradeva who was a bhakti saint , introduced the foldances pf ojapelli and devadasi into rituals of sattar.
which came to be called as “Sattariya”
themes of sattariya are based on?
writings of shankaradeva
*Borgeets
does both male and female perform in sattariya?
yes
but devotees are called as Bhokots.
costumes of sattariya made up of *Pait silk of assam.
what musical sintruments are used in sattariya dance ???
khol and flute.
how kathak dance came into existence ???
its started from temples from Braj area.
later with persian infouence and arrival of mughals it acquired new form.
it transformed from temple dance to court dance.
propoents of this form recited stories of Ramayana and mahabharata
what are Angaraka and anarkali
?
costumes of male and female damcers of kathak.
it emphaises on full foot contact of dance floor…
their dress creates *Pirroites 👗
ghatabar , kramalaya, tukda, toda ,adavus , jugalbandi, padhant are linked with which dance ?.?
kathak damce.
which is the only dance form which has Gharana system???
kathak
they are-
lucknow
banaras
jaipur
what music is used in Kathak dace?
in the beginning, its Dhrupad.ater on Thumri, Tarana , ghazal were also introduced
