kuchipudi
thumb|Dancer performing a tarangam thumb|A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).
Key facts
- Dance.name
- Kuchipudi
- Dance.image
- Kuchipudi Performer DS.jpg
- Dance.genre
- Indian classical dance
- Dance.instruments
- Mridangam Cymbals Veena Flute Tambura
- Dance.origin
- Kuchipudi, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh
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17 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature, orthography and etymology
- History
- Late medieval period
- Colonial rule period
- Modern period
- Repertoire
- Sequence
- Costumes
- Musical instruments
- Styles
- Major Kuchipudi dramas
- Schools and training centers
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Dancer performing a tarangam thumb|A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).
Kuchipudi ( ) is one of the eight major Indian classical dance forms. It originated in Kuchipudi, a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra (). It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.