Kathak Dance Sharp Movements

Video Transcript

"I'm going to show the first basic of the sharper movements. In which the total body comes like this. One, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three. And one, two, three, four, five, six. One, two, three. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai. Let me break it down now. How the hand movement goes, is very delicate movement. You have to do these wrist movements. So when you do this movement like this, it goes to soft and sharp. And it comes back here. It goes very soft, goes there. And it comes back. The basic Mudra of this Kand, basic Mudra is like this. And then we're all the time, we are supposed to be standing like this. And then it goes from here, you are relaxing all the fingers. It goes in a very soft way. It comes like this and like this. And then we come back like this pose."