1. Nandikeshwara
  2. Ragini Devi
  3. Bharat Muni
  4. Leela Venkataramana

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Option 1 : Nandikeshwara

  • The first formal mention of dance is found in Bharat Muni's famous work Natya Sastra.
  • Natya Veda is the combined aspiration of all four Veda.
  • The work was compiled between 200BCE and 2nd century AD.
  • Rig Veda Pathya(words)
    Yajur Veda Abhinaya(gesture)
    Sam Veda Geet(music)
    Atharva Veda Rasa(emotion)
  • Natya Veda is the agglomeration of dance, drama, music, and pathya.
  • Nandikeshwaras's famous work abhinaya darpan writes about famous treaties of dance and has been broken into 3 basic elements
  • Nritta, Natya, Nritya.
  • Dance Dialects of India is written by Ragini Devi.
  • Indian Classic dance the Renaissance and beyond is  written by Leela Venkataramana
Book Author
Abhinaya darpan Nandikeshwara
The Mirror of Gesture Nandikeshwara
Dance Dialects of India Ragini Devi
Natya Sastra Bharat Muni
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