Snippets of Information
Dance
* 31 Jan 2025
Over 5000 FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTISTS performed 45 traditional dance forms from different parts of the country during the 76th Republic Day celebrations
in New Delhi on January 26, 2025 with the performers covering the
entire Kartavya Path - for the first time - to ensure that all guests
get the same viewing experience. The 11-minute cultural performance was
curated by Sangeet Natak Akademi and embraced themes like ‘Viksit
Bharat’ and ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.’ The lyrics for ‘Jayati Jaya
Mamah Bharatam’ presentation were written by Subhash Sehgal and the
music was composed by Shankar Mahadevan. It made history by setting a
Guinness World Record for THE LARGEST INDIAN FOLK VARIETY DANCE.
* 21 Feb 2022
According to the Natya Shastra all Indian dance has its origin from Shiva's tandava. Tandava is a vigorous, masculine and divine dance. Shiva is pre-eminently a god whose divinity expresses through dance. The Sandhya Tandava
is his divine dance performed at twilight on Mount Kailasha, his sacred
abode. Witnessed by his consort and accompanied by all devatas playing
various instruments. Other tandava's performed by Shiva are Tripura, after the destruction of the Three Cities, and of course the Ananda Tandava, the Dance of Bliss performed in Chidambaram.
Source: Shiva's Karanas in the temples of Tamil Nadu: the Natya
Shastra in stone by Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink, and Kandhan Raja
Deekshithar, Jayakumar Raja Deekshithar, Sankar Raja Deekshithar, August
20, 2013, asianart.com
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