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This dance is primarily performed by men from the Kuruba Gowda caste. The Dollu Kunitha is characterized by vigorous drum beats, quick movements and synchronized group formations. Bharatnatyam / Bharata Natya. Bharatanatyam is classical dance of Karnataka too. It is referred to as Bharata Natya in Kannada.
Traditional Music Instruments of Uttarakhand: Traditional Musical Instruments of Uttarakhand reflect the values of Uttarakhandi people. Dhol: This is a drum in which a wooden or brass hollow is covered with leather at both ends. Damama: Dama is a percussion instrument made of wood, parchment, and softwood.
Kolata is the traditional folk dance of the state of Karnataka, located in Southern India on the western coast. [1] Unlike its North Indian counterpart Dandiya Ras, it comes in two forms. First, it is performed with coloured sticks and usually involves both men and women dancing together.
A fusion of folk and classical tradition makes Yakshagana a unique form of art which includes colourful costumes, music, dance, singing, and most importantly dialogs composed on the fly. Award-winning performers include Keremane Shambhu Hegde, Chittani Ramachandra Hegde. Yakshagana and Dollu Kunitha are two of the popular dance forms of Karnataka.
Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, developed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Kerala that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up, and stage techniques with a unique style and form.
Nirupama Rajendra is an Indian classical dancer in the Bharathnatyam and Kathak dance forms. She is based in Bangalore, Karnataka. Nirupama and her husband Rajendra (ನಿರುಪಮ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ) perform Kathak together. They established the Abhinava Dance Company in 1994 with an aim to make dance more accessible.
Bantwal Jayaram Acharya (12 October 1957 – 21 October 2024) was an Indian classical dancer, stage performer and Yakshagana artist. He was known for having a transformational impact on the art of traditional dance genre Yakshagana by incorporating an element of humour which he continued for over 50 years.
Prabhu Deva was born on 3 April 1973 in Mysore, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka state) to Mugur Sundar and Mahadevamma Sundar. Inspired by his father Mugur Sundar, a choreographer for South Indian movies, he took up dancing, learning Indian classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam from Dharmaraj and Udupi Lakshminarayanan.