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The costume of a male Bharatanatyam dancer is usually either a sari or a white cotton cloth draped around the legs and bottom half of the body like a dhoti. During performances, the upper body of the male dancer remains bare. Male dancers typically do not wear stitched costumes.
the dancer starts the performance while entering the stage from the wings; static postures are performed, most often in the tillana, to break the monotony and to add the variety of rhythms; the jatis [definition needed] have more korvais (intervals), which creates a suspense effect; the dancer's torso from the waist up is slightly bent forward
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Geeta Chandran is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and vocalist. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Trained in Carnatic music, she is a visionary and celebrated artist in Indian classical Bharatanatyam, recognized for her work in theatre, dance, education, videos and films.
Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Sastri; 29 February 1904 – 24 February 1986) [1] was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare. She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of ...
All dancers wear leather anklets made up of small bells on each foot called salangai. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The dance is characterized by the fixed upper torso with bent legs or flexed out knees combined with various footwork and a number of gestures known as abhinaya , performed using various hand mudras , eye and facial expressions. [ 24 ]
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In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 51 root mudras (hand or finger gestures) are used to clearly communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or creatures in which 28 require only one hand, and are classified as `Asamyuta Hasta', along with 23 other primary mudras which require both hands and are classified as 'Samyuta Hasta'; these 51 are ...