Classical Dance Of India

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Instrument
👉 Sattriya – Assam (Ghanakanta Bora) Used
👉 Kathakali – G Kerala (Kunchu Nair)
👉 Manipuri –Manipur (Guru Bipin Singh)
👉 Bharatnatyam – TN (Mallika Sarabhai)
👉 Kuchipudi – Andhra Pr (Uma Rama)
Dance and it's various forms -
•To move around to the rhythm of music by making a series of stepsis
termed as dance .

• Literary sources,inscriptions,excavations and other chronicles

provide extensive evidence on this art form dance.
Classification-
Classical dances
• Classical dances are associated
with Spirituality.
• Classical dances are performed
by professional or highly trained
dancers who have studied their
form for many years.
Folk dance
• Folk dance is associated with
celebrating agricultural harvest or
social gatherings like weddings
etc.
• Folk dances are not performed by
professional dancers. It is a dance
of common people.
• There are 8 classical dances of
India. They are Kathak from
North India, Sattriya of
Assam, Bharatnatyam of Tamil
Nadu, Kuchipudi of Andhra
Pradesh, Kathakali and
Mohiniaattam of Kerala,
Manipuri of Northeast India,
and Odissi of Odisha.
• There are more than 30 folk
dances in India. Some of the
most popular folk dances are
Ghoomer (Rajasthan), Kacchi
Gori Chari (Rajasthan),
Kalbelia (Rajasthan).
The Sangeet Natak Akademi and the Ministry of Culture confers
classical status to eight Indian classical
dance forms-:
• Bharatanatyam • Tamil Nadu
• Kathakali • Kerala
• Mohiniyattam • Kerala
• Odissi • Orissa
• Kuchipudi • Andhra Pradesh
• Manipuri • Manipur
• Kathak. • North India
• Sattriya • Assam
BHARATANATYAM
• Bharatanatyam is a dance of Tamil Nadu in south India, which is
earlier known as ‘daasi attam’
• Instruments used: Mridangam, flute, violin, veena, natuvangam
• Famous bharatanatyam dancers: Mallika Sarabhai, Yamini
Krishnamurthy ,Alarmel Valli, Padma
KATHAKALI
• Kathakali is a dance of Kerala in south India.
• Instruments used: Chenda, madalam, chengila, idakka and shankhu
• Famous Kathakali dancers:Vazhenkada kunchu Nair, Kottakkal
sivaraman, Kalamandalam Gopi.
MANIPURI-
• •Manipuri is an important classical dance form that has originated
from state of Manipur in the north eastern
• part of India.
• Instruments used: Pung, cymbals
• Famous Manipuri dancers: Guru Bipin Singh, Rajkumar Singhajit
Singh, Darshana Jhaveri, Sohini Ray.
ODISSI
•Odissi dance is the classical dance form of Odisha that has its origin in
temples
•Instruments used: Mardala, Harmonium, Flute, Sitar, Violin, Cymbals
•Famous Odissi dancers: Kelu Charan mahapatra, Padmashree Pankaj,
Prasad Das, Priyambada Hejmadi,
Sanjukta panigrahi.
KATHAK
•A classical dance indigenous to northern India, Kathak has developed under
the influence of Hindu Muslim cultures
•The origin of this dance form is attributed to the travelling storytellers or
kathakars of ancient India
•Instruments used: Tabla, sarangi or harmonium with manjira
•Famous Kathak dancers: Shambhu Maharaj, Sitara Devi, Birju Maharaj,
Roshan Kumari, Saswati Sen, Rohini
KUCHIPUDI
•Kuchipudi is the classical dance of Andhra Pradesh in south India.
•It originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh
The dance is accompanied by song which is usually Carnatic music
•Famous Kuchipudi dancers: Vempati Chinna satyam, Uma Rama
sarma, Shobha Naidu.
MOHINIYATTAM-

•Mohiniyattam is a classical solo dance form of Kerala that gets its

name from 'Mohini', the celestial
enchantress of the Hindu mythology.
•Instruments used: Mridangam or Madhalam, Idakka, flute,
veena, kuzhitalam
•Famous Mohiniyattam dancers: Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty
Amma
SATTRIYA

•Sattriya is an Indian classical dance that has its origins in the

Vaishnava monasteries(sattras) of Assom
In 2000 the Sangeet Natak Academy recognized Sattriya as a classical
dance
•Instruments used: Khols,Talas, flute
•Famous Sattriya dancers: Ghanakanta Bora, Ananda mohan
Bhagawati, Sharodi saikia, Bhabananda Baryan,
Jatin Goswami.
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Q1. निम्िलिखित में से कौि सा भारत का शास्त्रीय ित्ृ य िह ीं है?

Q1. Which of the following is not a classical dance of India?
A. Manipuri
B. Kathak
C. Bhangra
D. Sattriya

Ans :C

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ु रु ा एक प्राचीि िोक ित्ृ य है जिसकी उत्पत्ति निम्िलिखित में से ककस राज्य
प्रश्ि 2. घम
में हुई थी?
Q2.Ghumura is an ancient folk dance that originated in which of the following
states?
A. Odisha
B. Bihar
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Rajasthan
Ans :A

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Q3. Dappu Dance is a famous dance form of which among the following
states?

A. Himachal Pradesh
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Chhattisgarh
D. Rajasthan.

Ans :B

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4. इिमें से रािस्त्थाि की कौि-सी ित्ृ य शैि प्रचलित है ?

4.Which dance form prevails from Rajasthan amongst these?
Garba
Chhau
Ghoomar
Bhangra

Ans :C

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प्रश्ि5. कौि सा भारतीय शास्त्रीय ित्ृ य दो भारतीय महाकाव्यों की घटिाओीं का वर्णि

करता है?
Q5. Which Indian classical dance form narrates incidents from the two Indian
epics?
Kathakali
Kuchipudi
Bharatnatyam
Mohiniyattam

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6. कौि-सा ित्ृ य घरािे में ककया िाता था ि कक मींददरों में?

6. Which dance form was performed in Gharanas and not in temples?
Ghoomar
Garba
Kathak
Kathakali

Ans :C

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7. ग्रिडा ककस भारतीय राज्य का ित्ृ य है?

7. Grida is a dance form of which Indian state?
A. Tirupura
B. Uttarkhand
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. West Bengal

Ans : C

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8. कश्मीर मदहिा ितणककयों द्वारा कौि सा ित्ृ य ककया िाता है ?
8.Which dance form is performed by Kashmiri female dancers?
Rouf
Bhangra
Ghoomar
Chhau

Ans :A

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9. उडीसा में उत्पन्ि होिे वािा शास्त्रीय ित्ृ य कौि सा है ?
9. Which is the classical dance form originating in Orissa?
Chhau
Odissi
Mohiniyattam
Bhangra

Ans :B

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सेप्रस्त्
ू ड सा िोक ितणि िाउिर िाठी के साथ है?
Tarpa is the famous tribal dance form of?
A. Jharkhand
B. Dadra & Nager haveli
C. Nagaland
D. Mizoram

Ans : B

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11. मोदहिी ककस दहींद ू भगवाि की मदहिा अवतार है?

11. Mohini is the female avatar of which Hindu God?
Lord Shiva
Lord Brahma
Lord Krishna
Lord Vishnu

Ans :D

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12. ककस शास्त्रीय ित्ृ य में 'रासि िा' को दशाणया गया है?
12. Which classical dance form depicts 'RasLeela'?
Manipuri
Bharatnatyam
Kuchipudi
Garba

Ans :A

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13. चाऊ ककसका ित्ृ य रूप है ?
13.Chau is the dance form of?
A. Bihar
B. Goa
C. Lakshadweep
D. West Bengal

Ans :D

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14. फसि की अवग्रि के दौराि उिर भारत में कौि सा िोक ित्ृ य ककया िाता है?
14.Which folk dance form is performed in North India during the harvest
period?
Bihu
Bhangra
Rouf
Ghoomar
Ans :B

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15. गि
ु रात से प्रचलित कौि सा िोक ित्ृ य िाठी के साथ ककया िाता है ?
15. Which folk dance is performed with sticks, prevailing from Gujarat?
Rouf
Ghoomar
Bhangra
Garba

Ans :D

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