How is dance used as language across the world?
INDIA The Storytelling Dance the Art of Kathak: like Bharata-natyam and other forms of classical Indian dance, it started in the temple. The ancient Kathaks were mainly men who narrated the scriptures using music and mime. They also traveled from the temples to villages to teach people through story and drama. Though it was a line of men responsible for the creation of what is called traditional Kathak today, it has been danced by both men and women for a long time, at least since the Moghul invasions, when Kathak was taken from the temples and used in the courts for entertainment. There is also a “Bollywood” version used in Indian films due to the highly adaptable form of this style as it has evolved. Every Indian dance has two aspects: Nritta and Abinaya. In the expressionistic dance of abinaya, you will find Radha, Krishna, or any Hindu deity acting out their stories through the human emotions. Here the classical Indian mudras, or hand gestures, found in scriptures and seen in the p
