Indian dance Indian dance has a long history. As early as the Indus civilization, Indian ancestors liked dancing very much. Among the cultural relics unearthed in Harappa and Mohenjodaro, there are bronze statues of dancers and stone statues of male dancers, which are evidence of popular dances at that time.
In the Vedic era, Indian dance developed obviously and was recorded in writing. Dancers were recorded in Rigveda in 1500 BC. ? Qiu Sha wears shiny clothes, like a dancer. Men wear gold jewelry and perform scenes about war through dance? ,? Young men and women dance together? ,? There are even castes who specialize in dancing and singing for a living? . It can be seen that the dance had developed quite well at that time.
In the 4th century BC, the great Indian legalist bonini also mentioned it? Dancing? This word. As for Ramayana, one of the Indian epics, there are even more records about dance. Ramayana wrote:? For the king's enjoyment, the metropolis holds dances and concerts day and night? ,? A dancer's graceful dance charmed Robona? .
However, the monograph on dance art should be represented by the earliest literary theory work in ancient India, Bharata's Dance Theory. Generally speaking, it is the product of the 2nd century AD, but its content should be earlier than the writing time of the book, perhaps before the AD .. Dance theory is a poetic work, which comprehensively discusses all aspects of drama work, from theory to practice, but mainly to meet the needs of practical work and play the role of a drama work manual. It involves drama, performance, dance, content and emotion analysis, physical performance programs, poetry rhythm, language, drama classification and structure, genre, style, makeup, performance, role, and finally, it involves music more widely. Once this comprehensive generalization appeared, it had a great influence on later literary theories. Although it is basically a book that pays attention to actual performance, it still touches some important issues in theory and expounds various parts of beautiful art such as music and ballet. Later, in his book Gleiter? A book by Rodern made a detailed study of dance, mentioning the types of dance and so on. Is it in the book? Dancing in Tang De Worth? Shiva (a kind of Shiva dance), this is Shiva's dance. Ancestor Shiva taught his students and Brahmaponi this dance knowledge. When Devo dance is a dance about the end of the world, when the world began to be destroyed, Shiva performed at the request of Bujer and Vayakraba fairies? Anand? Dangdewo? Dance, when Brahma applauded him all around, Vishnu drummed for him, and Denbaru and Narodha sang for him.
During the Carlito period (5th century AD), Indian dance developed greatly. Kalidasa has many works, and his plays have reached the peak of ancient Indian drama creation. He is not only famous for his poems, but also a famous playwright. His plays Sacondaro, Moropica and King of Fire Friends are all famous. Prose and poetry in the play are rich and freely interspersed, and there are dances and songs in the play. The theory of music and dance is also fully studied in the first and second acts of Morobica and Friends of the Fire Lord. The close relationship between dance and performance is also mentioned in Kalidasa's works. These have played an important guiding role in the development of dance later.
Like music, dance art is also a means of making a living. There have been dancers dancing in temples in India since ancient times. Dawakali once described dancers in some temples at that time. In Bai Na's Journey to the Lord of the Rings, the maid who danced for his son's birthday was mentioned. However, according to historical records, the social status of dancers at that time was not high. Even during the Miluo period, professional musicians and dancers were discriminated against by society. At that time, the immortal Bharata wrote a long story describing the humiliation suffered by actors, which showed their humble position in society. However, the art of music and dance itself is highly valued, and men and women of all classes learn these two arts.
Geographically, Indian dance can be divided into North Indian dance and South Indian dance. North Indian dances mainly include Ketak dance and Manipur dance. The classical dances in South India mainly include Bharata and Getakri.
Besides the classical dances mentioned above, there are many folk dances all over India. These folk dances, with strong local characteristics and life flavor, are deeply loved by the masses and are an important part of India's splendid culture.
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