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    Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It was traditionally performed by Devadasis in ancient temples and drew inspiration from sculptures in the Chidambaram temple. It involves three aspects: nritta (pure dance), nrittya (interpretive dance conveying messages), and natya (dance drama). Key figures who shaped the modern form include the Tanjaore brothers and dancers like Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi. Adavus are the basic steps in Bharatanatyam, combining leg positions, hand gestures, and movement to rhythmic syllables.

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    Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It was traditionally performed by Devadasis in ancient temples and drew inspiration from sculptures in the Chidambaram temple. It involves three aspects: nritta (pure dance), nrittya (interpretive dance conveying messages), and natya (dance drama). Key figures who shaped the modern form include the Tanjaore brothers and dancers like Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi. Adavus are the basic steps in Bharatanatyam, combining leg positions, hand gestures, and movement to rhythmic syllables.

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    Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It was traditionally performed by Devadasis in ancient temples and drew inspiration from sculptures in the Chidambaram temple. It involves three aspects: nritta (pure dance), nrittya (interpretive dance conveying messages), and natya (dance drama). Key figures who shaped the modern form include the Tanjaore brothers and dancers like Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi. Adavus are the basic steps in Bharatanatyam, combining leg positions, hand gestures, and movement to rhythmic syllables.

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    Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu, India. It was traditionally performed by Devadasis in ancient temples and drew inspiration from sculptures in the Chidambaram temple. It involves three aspects: nritta (pure dance), nrittya (interpretive dance conveying messages), and natya (dance drama). Key figures who shaped the modern form include the Tanjaore brothers and dancers like Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi. Adavus are the basic steps in Bharatanatyam, combining leg positions, hand gestures, and movement to rhythmic syllables.

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    Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu. It draws inspiration from sculptures in ancient temples and was traditionally performed by devadasis in temples. Some key figures who helped shape the modern form include Balasaraswati and Rukmini Devi.

    Bharatanatyam originated in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It draws inspiration from sculptures found in the ancient temple of Chidambaram located near Pondicherry. Traditionally, it was performed by Devadasis (temple dancers) as part of elaborate temple rituals.

    The three main aspects or streams of Bharatanatyam are Nritta (pure dance sequences), Nrittya (interpretative dance involving expression of emotions and ideas) and Natya (dance drama involving storytelling through abhinaya or expression).

    Bharatanatyam

    This classical dance form originated from the state of Tamil Nadu It has its inspirations from the sculptures of the ancient temple of Chidambaram located near Pondicherry
    Bharatanatyam, as the name depicts is the combination of; Bha Ra Ta

    Bha Means Bhava - Expressions Ra Means Raga - Music Ta Means Tala - Rhythm
    Traditionally the dance was performed by Devadasis (community of temple dancers) in the ancient temples.

    The Devadasis were women who dedicated their lives to serving the temple deity as dancers and musicians and their performances were an inherent part of the elaborate temple and court rituals.

    Famous Bharatanatyam Dancers


    The modern day Bharatanatyam was given the formal shape by these four Nattuvanars (widely known as Tanjaore Bandhu) Chinnaiya, Ponaiyah, Sivanandam, Vadivelu

    Balasarswati

    Rukmini Devi

    Mrinalini Sarabhai

    The Basics Of Bharatanatyam (3N)


    Bharatanatyam is generally referred to have three distinct streams or aspects: Nritta, Nrittya and Natya

    Nritta is pure dance or sequences of dance that are non interpretative in nature. This means that these steps, movements or gestures are not meant to convey any message or thought. They are primarily meant to add beauty to the dance form

    Nrittya on the other hand is an interpretative dance and involves a lot of sentiments, emotions and description. The gestures in this stream convey messages like depicting a king, indicating that it is morning time etc. This consists of leg, hand, neck, head and eye movements to convey the message.

    Natya is dance drama and its main technique is Abhinaya. It involves acting out a story for the audience using expressions. Also the actors may dress like the character. Natya is usually performed with a mythologial theme, like on the stories of Ramayana or Krishnaleela, etc.

    Namaskar A Traditional way to start


    Before starting the sessions, we shall always do the NAMASKAR. Here the dancer bows down in respect to the following:

    Musicians Stage God Guru Audience The Namaskar is done both before the dance and at the end of it.

    Adavu (The initial steps)


    The basic positions are:

    ARAIMANDIHalf Seated Position.

    SAMAPADAM - Legs Together

    MANDIFull Seated Position

    More about Adavus


    The word Adavu means basic step Adavus forms the ABCs of pure dancing(Nritta) in bharatanatyam. Just like a combination of alphabets give words and thereafter sentences, adavus are combined to form a dance sequence in Bharatanatyam.

    An Adavu is the combination of:


    Position of the legs (Sthanakam) Posture of our standing (Mandalam) Walking movement (Chari) Hand gestures (nritta hastas) All the four done in synchronization with Rhythm or Tala is ADAVU. Every Adavu will have certain number of steps and would have a BOL or syllable like Tai Ya- Tai Hi.

    Following are the Ten important Adavus


    Tatta Adavu Natta Adavu Visharu Adavu Tattimitti Adavu Tirumanam Adavu Murka Adavu Jati Adavu Kuditamitta Adavu Mandi Adavu Sarikal Adavu

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