Classical Dances of India

CLASSICAL DANCES OF INDIA
BHARATNATYAM
Also known as Sadir, Chinnamelan and most commonly Dasi Attam, Bharat Natyam originated in the temples of Tamil Nadu and was performed by Devdasis. This dance stlye is known for its grace, elegance, purity, tenderness, expressions and sculpturesque poses.
KUCHIPUDI
Ancient legends name Siddhendra Yogi as the founder of the Kuchipudi dance-drama tradition in seventh century South India.
The performance usually begins with stage rites. The dharavu introduces the identity of the character and sets the mood. The drama then begins. The dance is accompanied by Carnatic music.
KATHAK
Kathak traces its origin to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars or storytellers. Kathak shows influence of temple and ritual dances, the bhakti movement, certain features of Persian and Central Asian dances which were imported by the royal courts of the Mughal era.
KATHAKALI
Elaborate make-up and costumes, well-defined hand gestures or mudras, facial expressions or rasas and rhythmic dancing instead of dialogue are the characteristic features of Indian classical dance-drama Kathakali. Songs in Manipravalam language based on Carnatic music or Sopanam style give life to the Kathakali dance stlyle which originated in Kerala during the 17th century.
MANIPURI
Ancient Manipuri ritual-based dance forms interpreted as new compositions based on the divine Krishna-Radha love story led to the evolution of the graceful Manipuri Dance. Delicate, lyrical movements of the hands and body, calm facial expressions and soft yet rhythmic footsteps give the Manipuri dance its undulating and soft appearance.
MOHINIATTAM
Mohiniattam literally meaning "dance of the enchantress" is believed to have originated in 16th century in Kerala, India. Mohiniattam is a drama in dance and verse believed to have been named after the Mohini incarmation of Lord Vishnu. It is meant to be performed as solo recitals by women.
ODISSI
Odissi is perhaps the oldest surviving dance form of India originating from Odisha in Eastern India. Bhangas, independent movement of the head, chest and pelvis and the basic square stance known as Chauka or Chouka are the distinguishing features of this dance.
SATTRIYA
Created by 15th century Assamese polymath Srimanta Sankardev, Sattriya was traditionally performed by bhokots or male monks for ritualistic purposes within sattras or monasteries of Ekasarana dharma. Sattriya is usually based on mythological stories as a medium to spread religious teachings to the common people in an accessible and enjoyable manner.
CHHAU
Chhau dance or paika nrutya is a genre of Indian tribal martial dance aiming at development of physical energizing and consequently courage, in the dancing warriors. Popular in the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal, Chhau is a blend of both dance and martial practices employing mock combat techniques (called khel), stylized gaits of birds and animals (called chalis and topkas) and movements based on the chores of village housewives (called uflis).
THANG-TA
Thang Ta, traditionally known as Huyel Langlon is a cultural heritage art of Manipur. This Art of War got its name from the main weapons used "Thang" or sword and "Ta" or spear. The dance movements of swords are intended to ward off evil spirits while other dance moves indicate protection.
Odissi is believed to be one of the oldest surviving classical dance forms in the country, originating its roots dating back to the temples of Odisha in the 2nd century BCE. www.ipassio.com
The foundations of Odissi are found in Natya Shastra, the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of performance arts. The basic dance units described in the Natya Shastra, all 108 of them, are identical to those in Odissi...dated to between 200 BCE and 200 CE, but estimates vary between 500 BCE and 500 CE. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odissi
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I am from Romania and I think that the culture and the spirituality from India (Bharat) are a real treasure for all mankind.

[@mohitvyas5587]

I'm also a kathak classical dancer

[@umamaheswari604]

No doubt about it

[@urdelulufriendrd]

most people pronounce INDIA as India or hindustan rarely anyone know it as bharat, it good to see people appreatiate the art

[@ankitgangoriya]

These are just some of dance form, there are many more which are different from each other .

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[@ruchi5273]

the different raas of manipuri dance is so amazing to watch . with all the costumes and subtle movements, looks like sri krishna is himself dancing with radha rani . i urge everyone to watch the raas of manipuri dance , they r breathtaking . btw i m a manipuri dancer

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Are you Manipuri!!

[@suhani551]

Manipuri is my favourite cause I love radha krishna

[@ruchi5273]

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@@ruchi5273 then are you Assamese?

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@@k.dmanikyatripuri192 assam is my homeland but i'm bengali .

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No country in this world can beat our diversity and culture. Yes I proud as an Indian

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Yes you're right no country has great culture that we have.

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China

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And sad 😔news is no other country is destroying their cultre like we does. We don't have to be proud only rather we have to preserve it also. At present time we totally neglecting our language our rituals our identity and society tends to follow western culture.

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@jyoti Check out frence dance form, swiss dance form , Latin dance forms They are quite diverse too

[@Sheetalyadav89]

I'm from UP..now i wanna learn to all classical dances of our country especially Kathak and Bharathanatiyam....🤗🤗💐💐🙏🏻🙏🏻🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@ashwinsuresh2787]

Except kathakali.....

[@IAMINTHESKY-p1s]

I am a Bharatanatyam dancer . Proud to be an Indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳❤❤

[@Jzh733]

Love and respect from China. No war.

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indians love china buddy ....it's just the governments fighting ....because we love your foods here ..and i wish to visit there once

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[@alisha7027]

The elegance, softness, grace and extremely feminine side of the ancient dance makes it so appealing.

[@mastersadvocate]

I wondered what Indian dances were like, and enjoyed watching these Classical Dances very much! The costumes and make up of the dancers are all so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this video! ~Janet in Canada

[@shoreofminej555]

World's best cultural dance 😊🙏 Radhe Krishna ,every Indian feel proud that we belong to that soil ,i love my Bharat( India)

[@premrajpoot5820]

i luv bharatnatayam proud to be indian our culture and dignity no other country is like this lots of thanks to god that i born in this country luv u my incredible india .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@neerajasrinivasan7587]

What they have titled as Bharatanatyam here is actually Kuchipudi too

[@akhilks3464]

And kathakali

[@ashawaribam4889]

I love Manipuri Ras dance, it's so cool n beautiful, lots of love for every cultural dances from Manipur

[@littlebirdie4333]

Love to Manipur from Gujarat ❤️

[@subirdebnath2519]

I'm from Kolkata... nd I'm proud Indian ♥️...no other country can beat our culture and varitiy of our culture

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We are advanced in every aspect, our mindset is tuned that we are developing nation...

[@devadhruv4028]

Kuchipudi the real pride of andhra Pradesh ♥ proud to be an Indian 💖

[@nagaswapnanimmagadda4350]

I am a ka Thai dancer and I love India s. Culture dance I am proud to be a Indian

[@jyosahoo4706]

Odishi dance is such a masterpiece 🎉🎉

[@padmalochansethi6335]

i m from odisha nd love our odishi and also all type dance style

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Proud to be an Indian ❤️❤️😎

[@Sumit-dn6ls]

Good selection and nice editing. Watched this video twice, first time just reading the information and then looking at the beautiful dances.

[@komalkashyap4274]

I'm from north love Kathak dance+++ all classical dance Proud to be full Indian (Easy or west ) (India is best ) Song

[@shanu7uday]

Of all these girls dancing, I love the first one doing bharatnatyam 😘

[@jaymeemangang9506]

Among the Manipuri classic dances, manipuri ras leela is the most popular.

[@iamanonymousaspirant]

Wathcing for UPSC Exam this is best description of dances as given in subtitles.

[@개굴-u3v]

Odissi seems like it would be fun to learn! I’ve never traveled to India, but I’ve watched this video countless times 😅

[@manojkumarpalai6756]

I am from odisha culture dance ODDISI belongs to India so I am very proud 😊

[@renjithlal9404]

I'm from Kerala ❤ Proud of my great Indian culture 🎉

[@advaitattupuram3513]

Mohiniyattam is older than 16th Century. It is mentioned in the Natya shashtra and on several other ancient temple sculptures in Kerala.

[@dk.kishor906]

I love indian culture and classical dance.

[@shiny1794]

Bharatanatyam ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Ramsajannna]

I love mainipur the most

[@Sonukumawat23]

Unity in diversity 🇮🇳

[@あっちゃん-q5y]

カタカリダンスは大阪にも本番インドの方が来られて、市の文化会館で披露してくださいました。😅 日本の歌舞伎や中国の京劇を思わせるような、衣装とメイクがユニークなダンスで、迫力も凄いものでした。

[@priyashmukherjee3015]

*AMAZING*

[@rachealthoi6546]

Manipuri😍😍😍Awesome

[@bareera.u9097]

Ys but it have similarity to chiniese dance

[@taekooktrash9607]

@@bareera.u9097 Bruh, Radha Krishna looks like Chinese deities to you tf? Stop being racist for God's sake.

[@Mindset3261]

@@bareera.u9097 🤣🤣🤣Trash Can

[@precisionz6181]

@@bareera.u9097 yes because we Manipuri and chinese are from the same language family and might have some cultural similarities.

[@infinite5795]

@@precisionz6181 but your Meitei script, culture and dresses are closer to Hindu culture, even your traditional Meitei religion too. Otherwise, you would have been rootless like Nagas and Kukis today.

[@azalea.9]

Kathak is so beautiful and graceful

[@swagatikapattnaik5712]

Yeh hai bharat desh mera😊😊😊proud to be an indian 😎😎😎love from odisha

[@uniqueschool4412]

Beautiful heritage of India and Dedicated Performers.

[@mourya2318]

Odisshi dance 🥰😍🤗❣️

[@veenabharadia2577]

Best dances ever seen in India

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[@samarjtsinghrajput8792]

Hi

[@WanderLuster2002]

beautiful music of Bharat Natyam. Can anyone share the complete audio of it plzzzz?

[@taeshi9541]

I think odissi and bharatnatyam are the most difficult ones. Odissi in terms of difficult postures, high flexibility and expressions and the latter for highly energetic and complex steps.

[@roopnarainpersaud1177]

With all these beautiful costumes flowing and rhythmic body movements and postures (allowing for a variety of exercises for the practitioner) only fools will opt for what is not of India and what is anti-classical and counterculture.

[@twinkletwinkle2922]

sattriya dance form ❤️..... and all the forms ❤️

[@arunav_creations]

Divided by Cultures, united by Sri Krishna.❤️

[@thescammer242]

Manipuri Dance is also Good

[@priyankajoshi7387]

It just awesome l couldn't take off my eyes

[@Crucial178]

Chhau was so captivating 😮❤❤

[@stevenleslie8557]

I would like to see one of these performances live

[@arunav_creations]

Though Manipuri dance was inspired from Sattriya, but its beauty is quite mesmerizing.

[@josh9742]

All UPSC aspirants, attendance please 😂👍🏻

[@sandeshnarayankar4543]

Nahi Bhai SSC wale bhi he 😅

[@My.sooru97]

Most upsc people busy with books don't need visual knowledge nd Understanding of beauty of India sadly

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[@infinity2016]

i love this video .... very informative .... thank you

[@omvirsingh6537]

No other country can beat our culture......

[@테오_픽란디카]

Uhum,, china and indonesia

[@omvirsingh6537]

@@테오_픽란디카 I don't agree 😇

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@@omvirsingh6537 Its okay 😇 I wanna introduce some indonesian dance to you. Since I cant send a link bcz youtube policy, you can search by yourself these key words : "Kalang sunda" "Bedhaya sang maharatu" "Tari remo jombangan" "Tari dara kesohor juara 4" "Tari gama gandrung versi kelompok" "Tari piring pijak kaca" "Tari ratoh jaroe" Its just example, actually we have more. And its not including bali coz im sure indian really familiar with balinese dance. If you really search and watch them all I would say thank you.

[@syifangaming6835]

@@omvirsingh6537 bro indonesian dance are so similar to indonwsia espesially the music

[@Nganthoi_nganba.]

Manipuri rass leela 🥰🥰🥰

[@BharatiyaDeshbhakt]

एक भारत श्रेष्ठ भारत

[@SaumyaBharati]

It's a very nicely made video. Kudos to you!

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[@pyn05]

Thank you for uploading this video

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Hii

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பரதநாட்டியம்

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ଓଡିଶୀ 🤗🤗🤗🎉🎉🎉

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Bhai appki mehnat ke liye aapko dhanayvaaad.....thanks

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I am proud in India culture

[@sureshkb3525]

Barathanatyam from Tamil nadu 😍😍😍😍😍

[@lopamudrabeura9176]

Sir You can go through Mahari dance and Gotipua Dance of Odisha... Thank you...!! 😊😊🙏🙏

[@eka5096]

Wow❤️.Love from Bali🙏

[@akanksha5489]

I love Kathak!! Such a royal dance form all dance forms are beautiful Proud to be Indian🥰🥰

[@hridaiprakashsaikia2126]

6:19 don't misleading this isn't sattriya It's Bhurtal nrittya of Assam folk dance

[@sivanageswarao969]

Proud to be indian. Excellent dance.

[@alphapro19]

Now i can say IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA

[@maheshkuruva4467]

Ap proud of kuchipudi dance

[@shubhamdebnath6629]

Sattriya is bast😘I'm from Assam

[@ravibhardwaj1061]

Amazing dance

[@dilsher2010]

should have added longer clips brother lol I was really enjoying those graceful dances

[@Ganeropare7]

Love from Bangladesh

[@ИринаЕлатенцева]

Девочки наши Ирина и Надежда - красавицы!

[@saumyadubey1164]

BEAUTIFUL

[@roopinibhatsathish4182]

u can also include Yakshagana from Karnataka

[@Jenvlogs404]

This is mainly southern, bharatnatayam is considered oldest the form of dance recorded, mimicking goddess statues and giving expressions.

[@sajithav6324]

Kathakali and mohiniyattam are from kerala❤❤❤

[@prasadramanjee]

Nice looking

[@Fardin-b1p]

4:12 this tune feels very spiritual

[@rajvirchoudhary200]

I like sattriya dance

[@pageantbirds]

khuchipudi originated in Andhra pradesh :))

[@Joseph_toomuch]

Thang tha is a martial art, I'm pretty sure. Still, great video.

[@mdadil378]

I'm speechless to say you thank sir.

[@AyushVerma-tw1sg]

Kathak❤

[@ShilpiChourasia-eq4cn]

I want to teach any one dance form to my toddler,which one is best n simple??

[@dharmeshsolanki93]

I think you have a misinformation of great indian classical dance. According to Ministry of arts & culture, there are only 8 Indian Classical Dance, CHHAU & THANG-TA are a folk dance not an Indian Classical Dance 😇.

[@AbhinavVatsAvVa]

Lovely

[@srijaniroy1523]

Last 2- Chhau & Thang-ta are folk dances, not classical.

[@GabyPoulain]

Great compilation! Would love to see a similar video on art dances of India, like Perini, Kerala Natanam, Gaudiya Nritya, Vilasini Natyam and Andhra Natyam,

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NYC..tqs upload

[@ShaillyTiwari-y9h]

You have shown wrong info about kathak...... It was founded by Lord krishna not the mughal court.... Please correct it

[@sanatanbasak2724]

I like katthak

[@sandhyashukla1202]

I love my ❤️❤️BHARAT🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳Jai Hind

[@scsworld6147]

Odissi ❤❤❤

[@rajasekharreddy7458]

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh

[@sukritigupta7130]

Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Manipuri, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathakali are the classical dances of India(not sure about Satriya), but others aren't classical dances, they may be folk.

[@jam-ss2jc]

Satriya is a classical dance form of india

[@Chris-vx8ns]

Kerala - 2 💪💪

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I really getting gossbams while watching this video and I'm really proud to be Indian.

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Culture

[@anushkamalviya1439]

so beautiful and graceful