NRITYA BHANGIMA

Gestures

In every classical dance form the eyes , neck , body and hand gestures plays an important role.
There are nine rasas or main sentiments in the art of expression. They are love , anger , laughter , compassion , valour , fear , disgust , wonder and peace.
All of these sentiments or rasas are expressed by the facial expressions or Abhinaya.Without saying anything through hand gestures the dancer can tell or express everything. In every classical dance form the body language of every character tells different things or express different bhangimas.
There are 28 single hand gestures and there are 24 double hand gestures. It is possible to say something for the dancer to use two different single hand gestures ( bhangima ) on each hand. For instance she can say lotus eye girl by holding a lotus in her left hand and showing the eye in her right hand at the same time.
While writing this article I have gone through a very beautiful Shloka on how to give life to these gestures.

        " The eyes should follow, where the
                             Hand goes

        " The heart and mind should follow,
                Wherever the eyes goes

        " There is true expression wherever
               The heart and mind are

       And there is enjoyment , where there
                         Is expression"

Different positions , different hand gestures and different facial expressions indicates the beauty of dance.

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Thanks Banani.
            

         
           

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