India - Dance Forms

Question 1

Bharata Natyam

Answer 1

South East India, done by women

Temple dances of South India are the direct link to the Natya Shastra and to the old sage Bharata

Question 2

Kuchipudi

Answer 2

Both a woman’s & a man’s dance
Sidhendra Yogi - founder
Dates to about the 16th century from the village of Kuchipudi in the southeastern part of India

Question 3

Kathakali

Answer 3

Southwest India, dance only by men

Question 4

Odissi

Answer 4

• Tribonga shape used a lot in this dance form
  
  • three bend of the body
• Named after the areas called Orissa in Northeastern India
• childrens dance form -> adults -> now a sensuous devotional to krishna

Question 5

Kathak

Answer 5

• Dances of Northern India and Pakistan
• known for spinning
• Call and response - dance & drummer
• The people who established this form are called the Kathaks, “itinerant bards,” who traveled and performed their storytelling dances throughout the region.

Question 6

Manipuri

Answer 6

From the Manipur area in Northeastern India, Manipuri adopts many characteristics from neighboring regions of Nepal and China.
-Near Himalayas
Consists of two main parts
- classical form - skirts (stiff tubular skirts & both performers are women)
- folk form - both men and women, dance for the good harvest hats w/peacock hats. Tug-a-war dance