The Dances of India

First Online: August 13, 2000
Last Updated: January 02, 2012

Table of Contents

Introduction The long and interesting history of the Indian dance form.

Dance of the Celestials Yakshagana is a complete theater which includes song, dance and drama.

• Ballet Dancer from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
• Bharata Natytam Dancer Aruna Rajagopal
• Bharatanatyam Dancers
• Court Dancer Jatti Tayama
• Dancer with Gumate-pak
• A Female Dancer from a Temple Sculpture in Belur, Hoysala Period
• Ghost Dance
• A Group Dance of the Native Man
• A Kathak Dancer
• Kathakkali Dancer from Kerala
• Kathakkali Dance Performance
• A Living God of Kerala
• Lord Ishwar in Tandava Nritya (the dance of destruction).
• Lord of Dance, Badami
• Masked Chhau Folk Dancer from West Bengal
• Mythology Meets Dance
• An Odissi Dancer
• Painted Face of a Kathakkali Dancer
• Portrait of a South Indian Dancer
• Portrait of a Bharatanatyam Dancer in South India
• A South Indian Classical Dancer Poses
• A Traditional South Indian Dancer with Flower Decorations

See Also:

• Theatrical Arts of India - Table of Contents
• Folk Dances of Karnataka
• The Arts of India
• Kamat PictureSearch results for Dances