Indian art and culture / Performing arts
Classical dance: Natyashastra concepts and the southern forms
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Natyashastra and Abhinaya Darpana: nritta, nritya, natya, rasa and bhava, abhinaya types, karanas
- Tribhanga: one leg bent, body curved oppositely at waist and neck, the S-shaped stance of Odissi and sculpture
- Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu): devadasi sadir, Tanjore quartet, ekaharya, Alarippu to Tillana margam, Rukmini Devi
- Kuchipudi (Andhra): Siddhendra Yogi, Bhamakalapam, dancers speak dialogue, tarangam on the rim of a brass plate
- Kathakali (Kerala, Ramanattam, elaborate make-up, Vallathol's Kerala Kalamandalam) and Mohiniattam (Kerala lasya, Swati Tirunal)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi's eight classical dances; Sattriya added in 2000
Where to study
Indian Art and Culture · Nitin Singhania
- ch. 11
An Introduction to Indian Art Part I, Class XI, ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture
- ch. 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture, pp. 2-35 (printed 69-102)
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XI History, Volume I
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, pp. 143-163 (printed 139-159)
- Lesson 9 Cultural Development in South India, Bhakti and the Arts (temple dancing from the Pallava period), p. 158 (printed 154)
InsightsIAS, Ancient Indian History topic index
- Classical Dance forms
Our Pasts II, Class VII, ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, 'Classical' dances (Bharatanatyam and the other recognised forms), p. 6 (printed 84)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, 'Classical' dances (Kuchipudi), p. 6 (printed 84)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, 'Classical' dances (Kathakali), p. 6 (printed 84)
- ch. 7 The Making of Regional Cultures, 'Classical' dances (Kathak recognised as one of the six classical forms after independence), p. 6 (printed 84)