Indian Classical Dance Series | Part 6 : Bharatnatyam

Bharatnatyam Dance is considered to be over 2000 years old. Several texts beginning with Bharata Muni’s Natya Shastra (200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.) provide information on this dance form. The style was kept alive by the devadasis, who were young girls ‘gifted’ by their parents to the temples and who were married to the gods. The devadasis performed music and dance as offerings to the deities, in the temple courtyards. In the early 19th century, the famous Tanjore Quartette, under the patronage of Raja Serfoji is said to have been responsible for the repertoire of Bharatnatyam dance as we see it today.
This video discusses the important aspects which contribute to the well-documented grace and elegance maintained persistently by the performers of this grand old classical dance

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