NRITYANJALI

Dance embodies one of our most Primal relationships to the universe. It is verbal beginning before words can be formed. Children move naturally.They move to achieve mobility, they move to express a thought or feeling and they move because it is joyful and wonderful. Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression.Yet ,while our educational systems for early childhood include drawing and singing they often neglect to include dance. It is very much important that educational system provide our children with developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities.   The Benefits of dance Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child.Dance helps children mature physically,  emotionally,  socially  etc. The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted.  Physical  Development  Dance  involves  a greater range of motion,  co-ordination,  strength  and endurance than...

 Through dance children develop spatial awareness become less clumsy and pay more attention to other sharing their space. Many people today are better equipped than ever before to deal with life challenges and difficulties . But children are spending less time playing physically . Many are becoming socially isolated because their leisure time is spent in front of a computer or television.  In that case their ability to sing, dance and their imaginations soar?  As children we use our voice and other instruments to express feelings but they also serve important learning functions - they teach us pattern, pulse, rhyme and structure. They Teach us the way humans Bond and Express emotions.  The meaning of music and dance is not dependent on language . Our first response to music is through the movement of the body. In many cultures music , singing and dance have no clear divisions they are seen as a whole activity. Through dance children develop spatial awaren...

Here in this picture these are the  instruments which we used in classical  dance forms.  1. Bharatanatyam       The instruments used includes the mridangam (dou ble sided drum ), nadaswaram ( long type of oboe made from  a black wood ),nattuvangam ( cymbals  ), the flute , violin and veena. 2. KATHAK     Bansuri , Esraj , Pump Organ , Santoor, Sarangi, Sarod, Sitar. 3. ODISSI      Tabla, Bansuri, Tanpura, Manjira. 4. KUCHIPUDI      Mridangam,  cymbals, Veena,  Flute and the Tambura. 5. MANIPURI        Pung ( a barrel drum), small kartals, Sembong, Harmonium,  a  stringed instruments called the Pena and  wind instrument such as flute. 6 . MOHINIATTAM      Mridangam or Madhalam ( barrel-drum), i idakka ( hour glass drum ), flute, Veena and Kuzhitalam ( cymbals). 7. KATHAKALI       The  three major instruments...