DanceAsk | Types of Dance in the World

KATHAK DANCE – UTTAR PRADESH & RAJASTHAN, INDIA

Considered to be “one among the group of ten major traditional Indian classical dances” is a dance style/form belonging to North India known as Kathak. This essentially “North Indian”...

KATHAKALI DANCE – KERALA, INDIA

The dance of Kathakali is a fusion of “dance as well as drama”. Kathakali, a classical dance style originating from India is a “Drama” centric dance form that developed...

BHARATANATYAM DANCE – TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Bharatnatyam is an Indian classical dance. The fundamentals of Bharatnatyam were prescribed in the renowned Sanskrit text called “Natya Shastra”. Bharatnatyam is performed mostly by women and first originated...