Session 40- Greeva Bedha/neck Movements

Four variations in neck movements are prescribed.
Here is what Mr. Santosh Kumar has to say about Greeva Bhedas
Sundari cha tiraschinaa tathaiva parivarthitha
Prakampitha cha bhavagnair gneyaa greeva chathurvidhaa

Meaning

Sundari - Moving neck from side to side (atami in general terms)
Therashchinaa - Moving [...]

Session 24- Asamyutha Hastas, verse from Abhinaya Darpana

We have learnt (learned) the names and meanings of Asamyutha hatsa in our previous sessions (sessions 8 and 15). Today we will have a theory session with Mr. Santosh Kumar(Please see our about page to know more about him)
Mr.Santosh will be now review the verse on Asamyutha Hasta from the Abinayadarpana. Please [...]

Session 18- Samyutha Hastas

Before we proceed to step 4 of mardhita, let’s look at the Samyutha or Sankyutha (Sanskrit, meaning together/combined) Hastas. These are the two handed gestures and are 24 in number. Here is a chart for the Samyuhta Hasta, please click on it to enlarge…

There are only 23 in this chart. Avahita, the last of the [...]

Session 15- Asamyutha hastas and their meaning

We have learned the Asamyutha Hastas in session 8. Each of these hastas /their names have a meaning. We are going to study the meaning of these hastas in today’s session. It may be necessary to have a look at the chart provided earlier to see how the gesture actually denotes the meaning.
 

Hasta

Meaning

Pathakam

Flag/creeper

Tripathakam

3 parts [...]

Check Point / Guidelines for practising Adavus

It may at this juncture be pertinent to try answering the following questions?
From a Student’s point of View :

How am I dancing ?
How does my dance come across/ look to the audience ?
How good are my adavus/nritta?
Are they any rules to be followed while practising the adavus?
Is quanity more important than quality, or in other [...]