MAIN INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCES

1)KATHAKALI AND MOHINIYATTAM- KERALA
2)BHARATA NATYAM -TAMIL NADU
3)KUCHIPUDI -ANDHARA PRADESH
4)ODISSI -ORISSA
5)KATHAK -UTTAR PRADESH
6)MANIPURI -MANIPUR

ORIGIN OF DANCING

SOCIAL SCIENTISTS BELIEVE THAT DURING PREHISTORIC DAYS DANCING MAY HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN HUNTING AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES.AFTER KILLING A PREY THE HUNTERS WOULD HAVE SWAYED IN A RHYTHMIC WAY OUT OF JOY WITH A NOTE AT THE TIP OF THEIR TONGUE.FURTHER JOINING THE BIGGER GROUP BACK HOME THE CEREMONIES WOULD HAVE GEARED UP THE CELEBRATIONS.
AS WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE SMITHEREENS OF VARIOUS CULTURES SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD THE KINDS OF DANCES A PEOPLE DO-AND HOW AND WHY THEY DOTHEM- CAN REVEAL MUCH ABOUT THEIR WAY OF LIFE.

DANCE

THE WORLD IS DANCING ..ITS NOT STILL A SINGLE SECOND.....SO ARE WE......SO ITS A RHYTHMIC MOVEMENT...A SWAY ..ABOUT WHICH WE ARE NOT AWARE AT ALL.....MOTHER EARTH EXPECTS US TO SWAY TO HER BEAUTIFUL MUSIC...ie..MUSIC OF NATURE.THE CHIRPING OF BIRDS,TINKLING SOUND OF THE WATERFALL,THE BEAUTIFUL WIND WHICH BLOWS WITH A MAGIC GIVING US A FEEL OF ECSTASY....WHY DON'T WE TAKE TIME TO LOOK AROUND WITH AN OPEN EYE AT ALL THESE AND CHERISH THE VERY BEING OF EXISTENCE???? LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL DANCE....LET US DELVE DEEP INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD......THE WORLD OF A DANCER.....I WELCOME ALL TO HAVE A PEEP INTO THIS HARMONIOUS WORLD.....