Indian dance Forms Dance

Form
Badhai
Baredi
Raee
Gaur Madia
Kaksar

Place
Madhya
Pradesh
Madhya
Pradesh
Madhya
Pradesh
Chhattisgar
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Chhattisgar
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Odissi
Gotipua

Odisha
Odisha

Ranappa
Chaddhaiya

Odisha

Samai

Goa

Lavani

Maharashtra

Lezim

Maharashtra

Veerbhadra

karnataka

Dholu
Kunitha

karnataka

Kuchipudi

Andhra
Pradesh

Mathuri
(Koppu)

Andhra
Pradesh

Bharatnatya

Tamilnadu

Features
performed to thank goodess sheetala on occasions like
wedding and childbirth
Bundelkhand region, worship of gowardhan parvat, for lord
krishna,

on occasion of marriage by Gaur madia of Abhujmar plateau of

Bastar and is called Gaur after Bison.
performed by Abhuj Maria tribes of Bastar for the blessing of
village deity kaksar for a good harvest by group of young boys
and girls.
young boys dressed up as girls sing devotional love song of
Radha-Krishna.using yogic postures.instrument are mardala-a
pakhawaj,gini small cymbals,harmonium,voilin and flute.

performed by men and women balanace the samai on their

head.
part of tamasha folk theatre.no restriction the choice of
themes.
having base in Akhada(marathi art) using Ghuti
lezim,Ghoongroo Lezim,Dakhani Lezim and Palita Lezim
occasionally performed in Gujrat and madhya
pradesh.instrument are Dhol,Tasha and Jhanj.
performed on chaitra purnima and Dhalo festival.by wearing
veerbhadra in warrior's costume .he wields swords as he
dances.
drum dance performend by the men folk of the shephered
community knows as Kurubas.
dancers show footwork and their control and balance over
body.two fprm of kuchipudi-1>traditional musical dancedrama
2>solo dance .instrument are Orchestramridangam,violin/veena & cymbal.followed by Nritta that is non
narrative and abstract dancing.
performed by inhabitants in Adilabad district Andhra pradesh
during krishana Janmahtami celebration ,themes taken by
mahabharat through both men and women and Nagara is main
instrument.

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Kavadi

Tamilnadu

Kadagam

Tamilnadu

carring of Kavadi by pilgrims is symbilic of Idumban with

hillocks poised on the pole.kavadi is never touched by the
dancer while dancing.
dedicated to worship of Mariamman the goddess of health and
rain.during month og August.in it ritual pot filled with water is
adorned with beautiful decorations.popular in
tamilnadu,puducherry,karnataka,andhra pradesh.