Kuchipudi dance essay

This art was likely adopted by the musical and dancing Bhakti traditions of Vaishnavism which grew in the 2nd millennium, whose devotees were called Bhagavatulu in Andhra region and Bhagavatars in Tamil region of south India. In Andhra, this performance art evolved into Kuchipudi, while in Tamil Nadu it became known as Bhagavata Mela Nataka.

A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra). Kuchipudi (/ kuːtʃiˈpuːdi /) is one of the eight major Indian classical dances. It originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra.

Kuchipudi. Kuchipudi is indigenous to the state of Andhra Pradesh and differs from the other five classical styles by the inclusion of singing. Kuchipudi originated in the 17th century with the creation by Sidhyendra Yogi of the dance-drama Bhama Kalapam, a story of Satyabhāma, the charming but jealous wife of the god Krishna.

These two styles overlap the bharata natyam school and therefore are not as distinctly different in temperament and style as other forms.… …a teacher, she began studying kuchipudi, a quicker and more-spontaneous dance. She later learned odissi from Pankaj Charan Das and Kelucharan Mohapatra.