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Freestyle: This category allows for more creativity and innovation, incorporating elements from various dance styles. Breaking, a dynamic street dance form, gained prominence in India through hip-hop culture. [3] It involves power moves, freezes, and intricate footwork. In India, breaking began to take roots in the second half of the 2000s.
Oyilattam. Oyilattam (Meaning: dance of grace) is a folk dance with origins in the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu. [1] The dance has its origins in southern Tamil Nadu and is primarily performed in Madurai district, Tirunelveli district and Tiruchirapalli district. [2]
Swagatam (transl. Welcome) is a 2008 Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Dasarath. The film stars Jagapathi Babu, Anushka, and Bhumika, with Arjun in a special role. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. The film was shot in New York City, Rajahmundry, and Hampi. [1] It was later dubbed into Tamil as America to Aminjaikarai in ...
Bharati Shivaji is an Indian classical dancer of Mohiniyattom, [1] choreographer and author, known for her contributions to the art form by way of performance, research and propagation. [2] She is the founder of Center for Mohiniyattam , a dance academy promoting Mohiniyattom [ 3 ] and the co-author of two books, Art of Mohiniyattom [ 4 ] and ...
Portrait of Siddhendra Yogi. Satyanarayana Sarma was born on 9 September 1935 at Kuchipudi, [note 2] a small village in Krishna district of the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in Vedantam family which is known for its Kuchipudi tradition, to Vedantam Venkataratnam and Subbamma. [6]
Shyama Charan Pati (1940 – 29 October 2020) was an Indian dancer, known as one of the leading exponents of the Seraikala tradition of Chhau, a martial dance form of India. [1] He was a member of the Court of the Central University of Jharkhand .
Kummiattam is a folk dance similar to Kolattam, with the difference being that hands are used to make sounds while dancing in kummiattam instead of sticks used in the later. [2] The dancers form a rhythm by clapping the hands in different postures. [11] A similar dance form practiced in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is known as Kolannalu. [12]
Sanjukta Panigrahi (24 August 1944 – 24 June 1997) [1] was a classical dancer from India, who was the foremost exponent of Indian classical dance Odissi.Sanjukta was the first Odia woman to embrace this ancient classical dance at an early age and ensure its grand revival.