Dance slokam

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bharatanatyamrasika
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Dance slokam

Post by bharatanatyamrasika »

I read this beautiful slokam as Natya krama

Khantaanyat Lambayat Geetam
Hastana Artha Pradakshayat
Chakshubhyam Darshayat Bhavom
Padabhyam Tala Acherait

Keep your throat full of song
Let your hands bring out the meaning
May your glance be full of expression
While your feet maintain the rhythm

Yato Hasta tato Drushti
Yato Drushti tato Manaha
Yato Manaha tato Bhavaha
Yato Bhava tato Rasaha

Where the hand goes, there the eyes should follow
Where the eyes are, the mind should follow
Where the mind is, there the expression should be brought out
Where the expression is, there the rasa or flavour will be experienced (by the audience)

What does Natya krama mean? and where is this slokam from? the natyashastra? or abhinaya darpana? and who composed it?
Thank you.

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: Dance slokam

Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

The second sloka is from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara.
Please see page 46 of:-
http://www30.us.archive.org/stream/abhi ... p_djvu.txt

Pratyaksham Bala
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Re: Dance slokam

Post by Pratyaksham Bala »

Natya krama
'krama' means - Order/sequence/method/system

bharatanatyamrasika
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Re: Dance slokam

Post by bharatanatyamrasika »

thank you. what about the first slokam?

VK RAMAN
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Re: Dance slokam

Post by VK RAMAN »

This text was written in 400 B.C by Bharata Muni

suneethaprakash
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Re: Dance slokam

Post by suneethaprakash »

Can anyone share a danceable version/song with abhinaya dharpana- with samyuta and asamayuta hastas, dhristi beda etc....
thanks

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