CLASSICAL DANCE
"Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is associate umbrella term for varied performance arts frozen in non secular Hindu musical theatre designs,whose theory and apply is derived to the Indic text Natya Shastra.
The number of recognized classical dances vary from eight to additional, reckoning on the supply and scholar. The Sangeet Natak Akademi acknowledges eight – Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohiniyattam. students like Drid Williams add Chhau, Yakshagana and Bhagavata Mela to the list.The Culture Ministry of the govt of Republic of India includes Chhau in its classical list. These dances square measure historically regional, all of them embrace music and recitation in native language or Indic, and that they represent a unity of core concepts during a diversity of designs, costumes and expression.
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