Danza classica indiana

La danza classica indiana o Shastriya Devesh è un termine generico per varie arti performative radicate negli stili del teatro musicale indù,^[1]^[2]^[3] la cui teoria e pratica possono essere ricondotte al testo sanscrito Nātyaśāstra.^[4]^[5] Il numero delle danze classiche varia da otto a più, a seconda della fonte e dello studioso.^[6] L'Accademia Sangeet Natak ne riconosce otto: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, Gaudiya Nritya, Sattriya, Manipuri e Mohiniyattam.^[7] Studiosi come Drid Williams aggiungono Chhau, Yakshagana e Bhagavata Mela all'elenco.^[3] Inoltre, il Ministero della Cultura indiano include Chhau nella sua lista classica. Questi balli sono tradizionalmente regionali. Sono costituiti da composizioni in Telugu, Tamil, Sanscrito, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi o altre lingue indiane che rappresentano un'unità di idee fondamentali in una varietà di stili, costumi ed espressioni. Attualmente, ci sono 9 danze classiche ufficiali in India.

^ Julius Lipner, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Routledge, 2012, p. 206, ISBN 978-1-135-24061-5., Quote: "It would be appropriate here to comment on Hindu classical dance. This developed in a religious context and was given high profile as part of temple worship. There are several regional and other styles as well as source texts, but the point we wish to stress is the participative nature of such dance. In form and content, the heart of dance as worship in Hinduism has always been 'expression' (abhinaya), i.e. the enacting of various themes".
^ Jean Holm e John Bowker, Worship, Bloomsbury Academic, 1994, p. 85, ISBN 978-1-85567-111-9., Quote: Hindu classical dance-forms, like Hindu music, are associated with worship. References to dance and music are found in the Vedic literature, (...)".
^ ^a ^b Frank Burch Brown, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 195–196, ISBN 978-0-19-972103-0., Quote: All of the dances considered to be part of the Indian classical canon (Bharata Natyam, Chhau, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam, Odissi, Gaudiya Nritya, Sattriya, and Yakshagana) trace their roots to religious practices (...) the Indian diaspora has led to the translocation of Hindu dances to Europe, North America and the world."
^ James G. Lochtefeld, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 467, ISBN 978-0-8239-3180-4., Quote: "the Natyashastra remains the ultimate authority for any dance form that claims to be 'classical' dance, rather than 'folk' dance".
^ Mohan Khokar, Traditions of Indian classical dance, Clarion Books, 1984, pp. 57–58, ISBN 9780391032750.
^ vol. 38, 2015, DOI:10.1080/01472526.2015.1088286, https://oadoi.org/10.1080/01472526.2015.1088286.
^ Bishnupriya Dutt e Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity, SAGE Publications, 2010, p. 216, ISBN 978-81-321-0612-8.

[lipner206-1] Julius Lipner, Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices, Routledge, 2012, p. 206, ISBN 978-1-135-24061-5., Quote: "It would be appropriate here to comment on Hindu classical dance. This developed in a religious context and was given high profile as part of temple worship. There are several regional and other styles as well as source texts, but the point we wish to stress is the participative nature of such dance. In form and content, the heart of dance as worship in Hinduism has always been 'expression' (abhinaya), i.e. the enacting of various themes".

[holmbowker85-2] Jean Holm e John Bowker, Worship, Bloomsbury Academic, 1994, p. 85, ISBN 978-1-85567-111-9., Quote: Hindu classical dance-forms, like Hindu music, are associated with worship. References to dance and music are found in the Vedic literature, (...)".

[Brown2013p195-3] Frank Burch Brown, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts, Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 195–196, ISBN 978-0-19-972103-0., Quote: All of the dances considered to be part of the Indian classical canon (Bharata Natyam, Chhau, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniattam, Odissi, Gaudiya Nritya, Sattriya, and Yakshagana) trace their roots to religious practices (...) the Indian diaspora has led to the translocation of Hindu dances to Europe, North America and the world."

[lochtefeld467-4] James G. Lochtefeld, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: N-Z, The Rosen Publishing Group, 2002, pp. 467, ISBN 978-0-8239-3180-4., Quote: "the Natyashastra remains the ultimate authority for any dance form that claims to be 'classical' dance, rather than 'folk' dance".

[khokar57-5] Mohan Khokar, Traditions of Indian classical dance, Clarion Books, 1984, pp. 57–58, ISBN 9780391032750.

[6] vol. 38, 2015, DOI:10.1080/01472526.2015.1088286, https://oadoi.org/10.1080/01472526.2015.1088286.

[7] Bishnupriya Dutt e Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity, SAGE Publications, 2010, p. 216, ISBN 978-81-321-0612-8.

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