INDIAN CREATIVE

TRADITION
SUBMITTED BY –ANUSHKA GUPTA
-MEGHNA AGARWAL
-NOMAAN AHMED
-SOMYA AGARWAL
-YASHYAHVI
INDIAN TRADITION
India is a modern country yet the custom and traditions
are religiously followed in urban as well as rural Indians.
Indian’s Namasthe or Namaskar is the most popular
form of greeting in india to welcome somebody .
While doing namaskar both the palms are placed
together.
CONCEPT OF PERFORMING ARTS
• What is arts?
• “Arts is an expression of all characteristics of human mind aesthetically.”
• These characteristics , i.e. the varied human emotion are known as ‘RAS’. In
HINDI RAS literally means sugary juice. It signifies the ultimate satisfaction of
AANAND.
• Arts reflect human emotions and human beings spontaneously express their
frame of mind through various arts forms.
• The expression reflects in various in various styles like dancing,
singing,drawing, panting,sculpture .
• Some these perform through live performances and other through visual arts
Music
• Music from time immemorial has been the most popular form of
India. They are Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ne.
• The earliest tradition of Indian music may be traced to sama veda
which contained the slokas that were put to music. Chanting of vedic
hymns with prescribed pitch and accent still form a part of religious
rituals.
DIVISIONS OF INDIAN CLASSICAL
MUSIC
• During the medieval period Indian classical music was broadly based
on two traditions :
1. The Hindustani classical music prevalent in North India.
2. The Carnatic music of South India.
3. Mordern Indian music
4. Folk music
Dances of India
• The rig veda mentions dance (nrti) and
danseuse (nartu) and compare the
brilliant dawn (usas) to brightly attrived
danseuse.
• Like music, Indian dance has also
developed a rich classical tradition.it has a
great power of expression and emotions
while telling a story.
• In India the art of dancing may be traced
back to the harappan culture. The
discovery of the bronze statue of a
dancing girl testifies to the fact that some
women in Harappa performed dance.
• In traditional Indian culture the
function of dance was to give
symbolic expression to religious
idea.
• The figure of lord shivas as
Natraja represents the creation
and destruction of cosmic cycle.
• Classical dance form like
kathakali , Bharatnatyam ,
Kathak , Mnipuri , Kuchi Pudi
and Odhisi are an important
part of our cultural heritage.
• It is difficult to say at what
point of time dance originated,
but it is obvious that dance
came into existence as an effort
to express joy.
• Gradually dance came to be divided as folk and classical.
• Classical form of dance was performed in temples , as well as in royal
courts.
• Folk dance also flourished . In most of the regions the local dance
forms become very popular.
• Manipuri dance, santhal dance, rabindranths dance, drama, chhau,
ras , gidda, bhangra, are some of the folk dances that have flourished
in india.
• Practically every region of our country has developed their own rich
tradition of folk dances.
 DANCE STATE
Bharatnatyam Tamil Nadu

Kathak Uttar Pradesh

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh

Odissi Odisha

Kathakali Kerala

Sattriya Assam

Manipuri Manipur

Mohiniyattam Kerala
 STATE OF ORIGIN FOLK DANCES
Andhra Pradesh Vilasini Natyam, Bhamakalpam, Veeranatyam, Dappu,
Tappeta Gullu, Lambadi, Dhimsa, Kolattam.
Arunachal Pradesh Buiya, Chalo, Wancho, Pasi Kongki, Ponung, Popir

Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, Kaligopal,

Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel Gopal.
Bihar Jata-Jatin, Bakho-Bakhain, Panwariya

Chhattisgarh Gaur Maria, Panthi, Raut Nacha, Pandwani, Vedamati,

Kapalik
Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Raas, Tippani Juriun, Bhavai

Goa Tarangamel, Koli, Dekhni, Fugdi, Shigmo, Ghode,

Modni, Samayi nrutya, Jagar, Ranmale
Haryana Jhumar, Phag, Daph, Dhamal, Loor, Gugga, Khor.

Himachal Pradesh Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman, Chhapeli, Mahasu

Jammu & Kashmir Rauf, Hikat, Mandjas, Kud Dandi Nach

Well known dancers of modern india
• KATHAK
Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt. Shambhu Maharaj , Sitara devi, pt. gopi krishna,
And pt. lacchu maharaj
• BHARATNATYAM
saroja Vaidyanathan, padma subhramaniam, geeta Chandran.
• ODISSI
Kelucharan Mahapatra, Sanjukta panigrahi,kiran Sehgal ,and madhavi
Mudgal.
• KUCHIPUDI
Swapna sundari, satya Narayan sarma, raja reddy, radha reddy, and sonal
mansingh.
Present scenario of the performing arts
• Presently, all the three arts forms i.e. dance, music, drama are
flourishing the country.
• Several music institution like gandharva mahavidyalaya and prayag
sangeet samiti have been imparting training in classical music and
dance for more than fifty years.
VISUAL ARTS:
PAINTING,SCULPTURE AND PAINTING
VISUAL ARTS
INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL ARTS
• Arts as a field of human endeavour is concerned with expression of
ideas, thoughts and feeling in a creative manner.
• It is an expression of knowledge significant ideas for the benefit of
mankind.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE AREAS IN THE FIELDS OF ARTS:
• Visual art(fine and applied)__Fine art is an art whose visual
products serve decorative purpose
e.g drawing, painting , sculpture while applied art is a form of
art whose products serve a functional purpose
e.g graphics, textiles , ceramics
• Performing or Non-visual art . This aspect of art comprises
music , dance ,poetry , drama, journalism.