Bharatanatyam Dance History
Basic Bharatanatyam Dance Steps
Basic Bharatanatyam Dance Syllables
Bharatanatyam Indian Dance Footwork
Bharatanatyam Dance Syllable Variations
Basic Bharatanatyam Dance Hand Gestures
Bharatanatyam Dance Hand Gestures & Footwork
Bharatanatyam Dance Hand & Footwork Variations
Bharatanatyam Dancing Tips: Dat Tey Tam
Three Speeds of Bharatanatyam Dancing
Bharatanatyam Dancing Tips: Dit Dit Tei
Bharatanatyam Dancing Tips: Tey Tey Ta
Bharatanatyam Dance Combinations
Bharatanatyam Dancing Tips: Hand Interpretations
Adding Vocals to Bharatanatyam Dancing
Bharatanatyam Dancing Costume Tips
Bharatanatyam Dancing Music Tips
Bharatanatyam Indian Dance Ending Tips
How To Finish a Bharatanatyam Dance
Bharatanatyam Dance Demonstration
Summary: Hand gestures make up the south Indian dance of Bharatanatyam and this free video clip with a dance expert will show several of them and their meanings.
Kamala Cesar is an instructor at Lotus Music & Dance in New York City who may be reached at 212-627-1076. Ms. Cesar was born in Brooklyn, New York and is Native American (Mohawk Tribe)...read more
"In this clip I'm going to show the twenty eight single hand gestures that make up the vocabulary for the dance form. These hand gestures are used in the story telling part. In which they interpret the poetic text or the story that's being told. And they're also used as ornaments to the step, the rhythmic steps. And the Mooja Shlokha looks like this. "Pathaka tripathako. Ardha pathaka kadthari mukaha. Mayoorasyo ardh chandrascha arala shuka thundakaha. Musticha sikara kescha. Kapitha kathaka mukaha. Suchi chandrakala padmakosha sarpasi rashchacha. Mrigashircha simha mukhaha. Kangoola shala padmakaha. Chatooro brahmarashcheva. Hamsasyo hamsa pakshakaha. Samdam sham mooklash cheva. Thamra chooda trishulakaha.""
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