Indian dancing damned somewhere

Desi thumka, tapori moves, taka dimi ta-kita sounds and da- din -din -da, seem lost somewhere with the large influence of the western dancing that has emerged in some coming years and dominantly established its lodge in the Indian dancing grounds. This blog is created to discuss some of e Indian dances, the Indian cinema dances that have been replaced by the western hip hops, contemporary aerials and the cha -cha -chas. Every week some Indian dances that have been overshadowed by western dances will be discussed.

Today the popular contemporary dance will be talked which found its origin in the Indian minces.

Contemporary- An extension of Indian classical dance

A very interesting fact that I found out was that contemporary dancing is borrowed from Indian classical dancing. Contemporary is an improvisation of the classical dances with a western touch. Indian classical dance is about bhavas and the adavas as derived from the natya shastra.In the contemporary dance, bhavas are represented as attitudes on the face and the adavas are turned to foot works that have been presented as flooring's in contemporary dance. Also as Indian classical dances come from different parts of the country like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Calcutta, and Orissa. Similarly, contemporary dance also picks up its bits from Japan, Africa and England. The tradition of Indian dance being represented as a story has also been counterfeited by contemporary dance form. And so it surprises me that the contemporary dance which has been derived from the Indian classical dancing has actually got more prominence over the dance form from where it actually originated from.