Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected sequences of human movement that have aesthetic and symbolic value within a particular culture. There are several major forms of classical Indian dance described in the document, including Bharatanatyam from Tamil Nadu, Kathak from northern and western India, Kathakali from Kerala, Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh, and Manipuri from Manipur. Each dance form has its own history and characteristics, such as Bharatanatyam originating in Tamil Nadu and including nrita, nritya, and natya performances, and Kathak deriving from storytelling bards and their performances known as katha.

2. About Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of purposefully selected
sequences of human movement. This movement has aesthetic
and symbolic value, and is acknowledged as dance by performers and
observers within a particular culture. Dance can be categorized and
described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements, or by
its historical period or place of origin.

3. Types Of Indian Dance
1. Bharathnatym from Tamil nadu
2. Kathak from northern and western India
3. Kathakali form kerla
4. Kuchipudi from Andhra Pradesh
5. Manipuri from Manipuri

4. Bharathnatym
Bharathnatym is comes from Tamil
nadu. Bharatanatyam, sometimes
referred to as Bharathanatiyam or Sadri,
is a major genre of Indian
classical dance that originated in Tamil
Nadu. ... The performance repertoire
of Bharatanatyam, like other
classical dances, includes nrita
(puredance), nritya (solo
expressive dance) and natya (group
dramatic dance).

5. Kathak
Kathak is
one of the ten major forms
of Indian classical dance. The
origin of Kathak is traditionally
attributed to the traveling bards
of ancient northern India, known
as Kathakars or storytellers. The
term Kathak is derived from the
Vedic Sanskrit word Katha which
means "story",
means "he who tells a story", or
"to do with stories".

6. Kathakali
Kathakali (Malayalam,
kathakaḷi) is one of the major forms of
classical Indian dance. It is another
"story play" genre of art, but one
distinguished by the elaborately
colorful make-up, costumes and
facemasks that the traditionally male
actor-dancers wear.

7. Kuchipudi
Kuchipudi is a dance-
drama performance art, with its
roots in the ancient Hindu
Sanskrit text of Natya
Shastra. It developed as a
religious art linked to traveling
bards, temples and spiritual
beliefs, like all major classical
dances of India.

8. Manipuri
Manipuri dance is counted among major
classical dance forms of India, especially noted
for themes based on Vaishnavism and
spectacular execution of ‘Ras Lila’, dance
dramas based on love between Radha and
Krishna. Other themes included in this art form
associate with Shaktism, Shaivism and on the
sylvan deities called Umang Lai during
Manipuri festival ‘Lai Haraoba’.

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