Kathak dance....a new world

The natya shastra created by sage Bharata we all know this. But why this shastra is to be created? For the answer we have to go million year's ago. When the sage Bharata was asked by his fellows to explain the origin of Natyaveda , he replied that after the golden age and during the silver age the people of the world had strayed from a righteous path, and become subject to   greed, jealousy & anger, so that their " happiness mixed with sorrow." The gods then asked Brahma to devise a fifth veda which could be seen as well as heard & which would belong to all the people, since the shudras were forbidden to listen to recitations of the four vedas. So Brahma agreed to creat fifth veda which include, " duty, wealth, as well as fame and contain good counsel...." Which would be enriched by the teaching of all the scriptures and give a review of all arts and crafts. Bharata's natyashastra translated by Manmohan ghosh After creation Br...

Kathak is one of the major forms of Indian classical dance. The origin of kathak is traditionally attributed to the travelling bards of ancient India known as "Kathakars" or storytellers . The term kathak is derived from a Sankrit word Katha means story and Kathaka means " he who tells a story". The kathakas takes the story from the epics and ancient mythology through dance, songs and music. Kathak evolved during the Bhakti movement, incorporating the childhood & stories of lord Krishna mainly. A kathak dancer standing in a position Basically kathak started of as a folk dance form where kathak dancers moved from one village to another telling stories and passed the information from one society to another.  The style of kathak that we see today is not as it started. The philosophy, content, attire, instruments and even languages changed from time to time. This blog narrates how the temple dancing kathak is changed from ancient India to Mughalas, Britis an...

Kathak is a popular classical dance form of India . In INDIA there is eight classical dance forms which are Bharatanatyam, Kthak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi , Odissi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Sattriya . Kthak is from northern and western india . Bharatanatyam from Tamil Nadu . Kathakali is a famous dance form of kerala . Kuchupudi from Andhra Pradesh . Odissi dance form belongs to Odisha . Manipuri is the cultural dance from manipur as the name indicates . Mohiniyattam is also from kerala . Sattriya is a newly added classical dance form of Assam. Here, this content is all about the dance style that we want to know about. This content is for those who are absolutely new to this dance or want to know about kathak, How they can explore it and know everything about it. Those who are want to learn this style of dance they can explore getting in touch with this blog. Those who have no time to join in academy or in any institute they can know from this blog.  For practical exa...