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    The document discusses the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam. It originated in Tamil Nadu and is one of the oldest classical dance traditions in India. The dance involves intricate movements of the hands, feet, face and body performed to dance syllables. Diagrams show the axes of movement - sagittal, frontal, and transverse - as well as specific dance positions like abduction, adduction, internal and external rotation, flexion, and extension.

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    AR – 411 (HUMANITIES)

    BODY MOVEMENTS ( DANCE FORM )

    WAHAB HUSSAIN
    B.ARCH 4th YEAR (DAY)
    DANCE FORM - BHARATNATYAM

    • Bharatanatyam also previously called Sadira Attam is a major form of Indian classical dance that is indigenous to Tamil
    Nadu. Bharatanatyam is the oldest classical dance tradition in India
    • The technique is based on an elaborate vocabulary of hand, foot, face and body movements performed to the
    accompaniment of dance syllables.

    SAGITAL AXIS SAGITAL AXIS FRONTAL AXIS SAGITAL AXIS


    Ulnar radiation
    Ulnar radiation

    Internal rotation

    External rotation ADDUCTION


    ABDUCTION
    ABDUCTION
    ADDUCTION ABDUCTION
    TRANSVERSE
    AXIS

    EXTENSION
    FLEXION

    ABDUCTION

    BODY MOVEMENTS ( DANCE FORM ) WAHAB HUSSAIN B.ARCH 4TH YEAR


    SAGITAL AXIS FRONTAL AXIS SAGITAL AXIS
    SAGITAL AXIS
    Ulnar radiation

    ADDUCTION

    ADDUCTION

    ABDUCTION ADDUCTION ADDUCTION ADDUCTION

    ABDUCTION ABDUCTION

    SAGITAL AXIS
    SAGITAL AXIS SAGITAL AXIS FRONTAL AXIS Internal rotation Internal rotation

    ABDUCTION
    ABDUCTION
    ABDUCTION

    ADDUCTION FLEXION

    ADDUCTION External rotation


    TRANVERSE AXIS
    External
    rotation
    EXTENSION

    BODY MOVEMENTS ( DANCE FORM ) WAHAB HUSSAIN B.ARCH 4TH YEAR

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