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Summary: Kathak dancers use several circular patterns in their dance steps. Learn how to perform circular patterns in Kathak dance with expert tips in this free dance lesson video.
Satya Narayana Charka is an instructor at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City. He is an esteemed dancer, choreographer and teacher specializing in Kathak dance. He may be reached at...read more
"Now I'm going to show the circular patterns but there is the movement of the whole wrist. And the body bendings are very important. For example, when this hand goes, the body bends this way. And then from the waist it comes like this. And then it goes from the shoulder and then it goes on your head like this. And then it combines, make a circle. These are the patterns. Goes this way and the shoulder. And the head and combines here. So this is very, very important. The flow of the body lines, bending, comes. And it goes like this. One, two, three, four. Five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four. Five, six, seven, eight. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tai, Tat. Ta, Tai, Tai, Tat. Aa, Tai, Tat, Tat, Tai, Tai."
eHow Article: Kathak Dance Circular Patterns