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- In traditional Indian culture the function of dance was to give symbolic expression to religious ideas.
- The figure of Lord Shiva as Nataraja represents the creation and destruction of the cosmic cycle.
- The image clearly shows the popularity of the dance form among the Indian people.
- Indian classical dance, is an umbrella term for different regional classical dance forms.
- It is a type of dance-drama that is a form of total theater.
- The dancer acts out a story through gestures.
- Most of the classical dances of India enact stories from Hindu mythology.
- Each form represents the culture and ethos of a particular region or a group of people.
- There are many folk dances and style vary according to the local tradition, geography and ethics.
- Indian dance is related to Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism, pan-Hindu Epics and the Vedic literature.
