THE WAVES OF DANCE

Beautiful gift of God

I have already written about dance and their beauty. And through my article I try to give you more details about our culture. But this is not enough because our Indian culture , Indian classical dance flows everywhere.
Today our indian culture has a distinct identity. And now many classical dancers have their own identification towards the Indian classical dance. They always entertain themselves through their dance.
DANCE is a beautiful gift of God. Talent grows everywhere whether it is a town or a small village. Because God gives us the same mind to think that how?.How can we develop our inner talent?. Indian classical dance is a magical wave or we can say it is a wave of dance!!
Indian dance styles as practised today have captured global attention.
Classical dances firstly started from temples.
Our art never really died nor ever disappeared from the hearts of the simple folk. On the other hand the "Nataka" or dance drama traditions were popular throughout British rule . What we see in the solo representations of these styles is to be understood as being neither of these. In the early part of the century the " Tanjavur Quartette " four diversely talented brothers created successfully a repertoire for the solo dancer. It was brilliantly conceived ! They must have had their finger on the very pulse of the dance.
By the 1920s , the Sadir was called the best dancer of the time. While this happened in Tamil Nadu , alongside the other dance traditions of the nataka's and the DEVADASIS in some other states
of India, the solo form appeared as a substitute for earlier forms .
When Bharatanatyam hit the big cities in 1930s did the other styles hasten their entry and in the struggle for acceptance and credibility , tend to fall into a pattern of presentation align to their Indigenous strength.
As we can see that the new generation of non-traditional viewers mostly rasikas recognised the depth of their art. We must propagate this art form with revolutionary spirit.

I hope ,   you will definitely beautify the soul of art through spirit.

Thanks Banani

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