There was Bharatanatyam, Kathak, even folk dances, but no classical dance form from Bengal,” says Kar ... ornaments, make-up, costumes, musical scales and notes.” Courtesy Rachana Kar Mukherjee ...

Odissi dance, like the other classical genres of India, gives great importance to the costume, ornamentation ... which grows throughout Orissa and Bengal, is a unique regional craft.

Within the realm of the creative arts, classical dance has always been conceived as a form of aesthetic ... this experimental presentation does not find the two dancers dressed in the traditional ...

India's Most Fascinating Classical Dance Forms Bharatnatyam: Bharatanatyam is a dance of Tamil Nadu. It often is used to express Hindu religious stories and devotions.

In town to perform at NAAD, a music and dance festival at GD Birla Sabhagar, she reflects on the cultural similarities between Bengal and the ... Shri awardee feels classical dance was, for ...