Indian classical dance is an art that is in tradition for a long. The origin of Indian classical dance traces back to “Natya Shastra” .It is a Sanskrit text. History says that the first text of this ...
The classical dance forms of India are often seen as the inheritors of the Natya Shastra’s legacy. But what is often overlooked is that this detailed compendium in Sanskrit – attributed to the ...
Matrugupta- This Kashmir king poet is credited with Hayagrivavadha, a commentary on Natya Shastra. Bhoja Parmar- The kind of Parmara dynasty, Bhoja Parmar of Dhar wrote Samrangan Sutradhar.
India, July 31 -- The two-day national seminar organised by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) on the theme 'Inscription of the Bhagavad Gita and Natya Shastra in UNESCO's Memory ...
Indiatimes: LU to start optional courses based on Bhagwad Gita & Natya Shastra
LU to start optional courses based on Bhagwad Gita & Natya Shastra
Indiatimes: 'Natya Shastra' to be the prime focus of new NSD's Varanasi campus
'Natya Shastra' to be the prime focus of new NSD's Varanasi campus
Shastra is a Sanskrit word that means a manual of instruction, a book of knowledge, a religious treatise or a sacred book. A shastra can be a technical manual that explains regulations and standards of an artistic or cultural discipline, or it can refer to the body of teaching on that subject.
For a bharata natyam dancer to hold her leg high is as shocking to an Eastern classicist as a ballet dancer standing on her head would be to a Western traditionalist. That’s partly the result of the ...