What is Indian Dance
Indian Dance has a long history, for Indians, dance is not only an art, but also has a religious meaning. Indian dance originates from the unparalleled devotion to God, clean and selfless love, the dancers through their fingers, arms, eyes, five senses, the body to express and interpret everything in the universe. Therefore, Indian dance is only performed in the temple to God to see, Indian dance is also therefore a layer of mystery.
■ Origins
India's dance has a long history, just like religion, dance is also the emergence of a variety of myths and legends, and the more the more mysterious. However, the more plausible story is that dance in India originated from the worship of gods in ancient times. As people in order to please the gods, so there are a variety of sacrificial rituals, over time, ritual activities gradually stereotypes, in the daily life also derived from the dance.
■ History
Indian dance has a long history, as early as the Indus civilization, India's forefathers loved to dance. Among the artifacts unearthed at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are bronze statues of dancing women and stone statues of male dancers, which are evidence of the popularity of dance at that time.
By the Vedic era, there was a noticeable development of dance in India and it was written down. The Rig Veda of 1500 BCE is written about dancers. There were even castes that specialized in dancing and singing for a living?
By the 4th century BC, the great grammarian of India, Bhojini, also mentioned ? dance? the word "dance". As for the Ramayana, one of the epics of India, there are many more references to dance.
■ Classification
Classical Dance
? Manipuri Dance
? Brahmaputra dance
? Ghatakri dance
? Ketak dance
Folk Dance
? Pongola dance
? Ghata
? Tyumol Dance
? Povai
? Gerbi
? Ras
■ Characteristics
Indian dance is fast-paced, a four-minute dance has about 50 movements. Including gestures, eyes, inner thoughts, facial expressions, this varied . The postures can represent the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, and can even represent natural scenery such as heaven and earth, mountains and water, and natural phenomena such as day and night.
● Before starting the dance, keep your legs bent and put your hands together in an opening salute.
● Hands are stretched out and feet take a step forward. Begin to change hand positions to the music.
● The music begins with ? The rhythm of "dun-dun-dun" begins to appear in the music. Begin to change your footwork to the rhythm of ?
● Keep smiling.
● The dance moves get faster and faster, with lots of changes in hand positions.
■ Clothing
In India, only married women generally wear sarees up to 6 meters long, but dancers are the exception, and even very young girls can be dressed this way. Sometimes dancers also wear PUNJABI: pants + knee-length coat + long scarf. There are many styles of pants, some wide, some tight. The scarf can be worn around the neck, or tied around the waist when dancing, to add a sense of line, and the punjabi has become so fashionable that last year it was all the rage in Japan.
Accessories:
The long, pointed ornament attached to the forehead is called a bindi, and the traditional bindi is large and studded with diamonds and gems. But the popular style is a simpler one. Girls usually wear it for weddings or dances. A circle of loose diamonds above the eyebrows can also be called a BINDI for good luck.
Red Dot: A red dot on the brow. When dancing, small diamonds can also be used instead of the traditional red dot in order to add brightness. If dancing to show Muslim themes, only small diamonds can be used, as the red dot is a Hindu symbol. When not dancing, red dots are usually reserved for married women.
Bangles:
In Indian dance, hand gestures are very important in the language of dance, so dancers care about bangles. They are worn in large numbers, up to 20.
Anklets:
There are many stomping movements in Indian dance, which should have a crunchy sound and a sharp rhythm, so the foot halter is very important. It is said that there are dancers who have been trained to be able to move only one small muscle in the foot, making only one foot bell ring.
■ Movements
Hand postures:
An important element of Indian dance is the hand posture. There are about 100 different types of hand postures, each with a specific meaning, some representing beauty, some peace, some anger, and some even ugliness. Indians believe that the hand gesture is a symbol of communication between man and God, and different gods like different hand gestures.
Indian dance sign language is unpredictable. For example, the finger face posture to express the beauty of the lotus flower hand posture is commonly used to perform to God to see the hand posture. Hand gestures are not only performed to dazzle the viewer, a variety of hand gestures also reflect the active thinking of the performer, is a real brain exercise, can be called ? The first is a real exercise for the brain, so it can be called?
Smile:
During the dance, the dancer's heartfelt smile is consistent throughout, expressing a joyful and peaceful state of mind.
Head movement:
The head moves rhythmically to the left and right.
Waist movement:
The swinging of the waist makes the body graceful.
Foot movement:
Toe, heel, stomp. Indian dance foot movements are also very expressive.
Eyes:
The essence of Indian dance is to turn your eyes as you dance.
● Jumping posture represents the Indian god bird PIKAKE? When you jump, keep your eyes on your hands. This jumping posture not only looks good, but also practices body balance and improves bone density, especially hip and pelvic strength.
● Unlike other dances, Indian dance requires dancers to be in a semi-squatting position. This position is great for thighs and hip lines!
● Want to have the look of flavor? Learn from Indian dance! Keep your head still and turn your eyes in all directions, remembering to keep them wide open as you do so.
● Heel stand toes. Indian dance foot movements will give you beautiful calves and ankles.
● During the dance, the shoulders should often be kept in an end-flat position, and the head-turning movement will help take care of your cervical spine.
● Always keep your back straight when dancing Indian dance. This explains why Indian beauties have the sexiest backs in the world.
■ Development
In fact, the development of Indian dance can not be separated from Bollywood, Bollywood is the birthplace of Indian films, it is said that the annual production is more than the United States of America's Hollywood, CCTV6 has translated a part of the Bollywood movies. Edit
The famous dance educator, Shanshan Jin, has commented that if you want to be a star in India, acting is not the first thing you should do, dancing is the first thing you should do. Bollywood produces movies are song and dance movies, which have very many dance clips, if you want to experience Indian dance, the easiest way is to watch Indian movies.
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