Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance form that comes from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism and in general of Hinduism.
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Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form from Tamil Nadu, India that expresses Hindu religious and spiritual themes, particularly those of Shaivism. Recognized as a major classical dance form by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, it represents an important tradition for conveying South Indian spiritual and religious ideas through movement.
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- Etymology
- History
- Devadasis, anti-dance movement, colonial ban, and the decline
- Post-colonial revival
- Elements
- Arangetram
- Sequence of dances
- Costume and attire
- Symbolism
- Image Gallery
- In cinema
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance form that comes from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism and in general of Hinduism.
A description of precursors of Bharatanatyam from the Natya Shastra date from around 500 BCE–500 CE and those in the ancient Tamil epic Silappatikaram date to around 171 CE. Temple sculptures of the 6th to 9th century CE suggest dance was a refined performance art by the mid-1st millennium CE. Sadiraattam, which was renamed Bharatanatyam in 1932, is the oldest classical dance tradition in India.