03-01-2018, 04:54 PM
DANCES
*The number of Classical Dance forms in India
Ans : 8
*Classical Dance forms in India
Ans : Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Manipuri, Sattriya, Mohiniyattam
*The organisation that gives classical status to dance forms
Ans : Kendra Sangeetha Natak Academy
*National Dance form of India
Ans : Bharatanatyam
*The Dance form popularly called Poetry in Motion and Dasiyattam
Ans : Bharatanatyam
*Bharatanatyam is the dance form of the state
Ans : Tamil Nadu
*The Dance form that follows the principle of Natya shastra
Ans : Bharatanatyam
*‘Kalakshetra’ at Adayar, Chennai was established in 1936 by
Ans : Rukmini Devi Arundale
* Famous Bharatanatyam Dancers
Ans : Padma Subramanyam,Sonal Mansingh,Yamini Krishnamurthy,Mrinalini Sarabhai
*The dance form that originated in Kerala
Ans : Mohiniyattam
*The Travancore ruler, who patronised Mohiniyattam
Ans : Maharaja Swathi Thirunal
*The poet who revived Mohiniyattam
Ans : Vallathol Narayana Menon
*Exponents of Mohiniyattom
Ans : Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amina, Sunanda Nair, Gopika Varma
*The only classical dance form having links with both Hindu and Muslim culture
Ans : Kathak
*Main exponents of Kathak dance
Ans : Sambhu Maharaj,Birju Maharaj, Lacchu Maharaj
*Five sequential steps in Odissi
Ans : Mangalacharana, Sthayee, Pallavi, Abhinayam, Moksha
*The last part of Odissi
Ans : Moksha
*The dance form that starts with the salutation to Mother Earth (Bhumi Pranam)
Ans : Odissi
*Oddisi exponnents
Ans : Kelucharan Mohapatra, Baissali Mohanty, Sanjukta Panigrahi
*The most important dance form in the Manipuri Style
Ans : Raslila
