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In Bharatanatyam, the classical dance of India performed by Lord Nataraja, approximately 48 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 ...
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.
Odissi is traditionally a dance-drama genre of performance art, where the artist(s) and musicians play out a story, a spiritual message or devotional poem from the Hindu texts, using symbolic costumes, [12] body movement, abhinaya (expressions) and mudras (gestures and sign language) set out in ancient Sanskrit literature. [13]
Ghumura Dance (or Ghumra Dance) is one of the most sought and leading folk dance form in Odisha. It is classified as folk dance as the dress code of Ghumura resembles more like a tribal dance, but recent researchers argue different mudra and dance form present in Ghumura bear more resemblance with other classical dance form of India.
Leena Mohanty was born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India to Rabinarayana Mohanty (), a businessman and Swarna Mohanty, a poet.Introduced to Odissi dance at the tender age of four, she first learnt under Deba Prasad Das, one of the four first generation gurus of Odissi, but after the demise of her teacher she continued her training under Guru Durga Charan Ranbir.
He is the first Odissi Guru to introduce MUDRA VINYOGA in the study of Odissi in 1955 and SANCHARIBHAVA in the Odissi dance items and also the first to present on stage enchanting Gitagovinda ASHTAPADIS, portraying SHRINGARA RASA. His notable compositions include ‘Pashyati Dishi Dishi’. ‘Priya Charu Shile’, composed in 1961.
In all their forms of Indian classical dance, the mudras are similar, though the names and uses vary. There are 28 (or 32) root mudras in Bharatanatyam, 24 in Kathakali and 20 in Odissi. These root mudras are combined in different ways, like one hand, two hands, arm movements, body and facial expressions.
Kelucharan Mohapatra (8 January 1926 – 7 April 2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. [2] He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha. [3]