Bharatanatyam or Kuchipudi or Kathak: Which dance style are you most familiar with?

  • Bharatanatyam
  • Kuchipudi
  • Kathak
Please select one to answer and see the result

Answers

Bharatanatyam - 41

  • Anonymous . July 2021
It's the most ancient and traditional dance of India
  • Anonymous . March 2021
i find this dance more lively
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
jus cuz
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am a bharatanatyam dancer
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I was in bharatanatyam classes when I was young.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
when i was 12 yrs old i joined shanmukhananda dance classes and i got first rank in my first year now i am in second year finding difficult
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i did
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is better
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Kathak dancers are rarely heard of, more people take lessons for Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. While Telugu people mainly take Kuchipudi. Bharatanatyam is learned by people in North India, Telugu people, and of course the beautiful Tamilian natives. Bharathnatyam also has very fine details that make it more special and beautiful. GO TAMIL NADU!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am learning Bharatanatyam right now :)
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am learning bharatanatyam. I love the graceful movements, costumes and the jewellery
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because i have been learning this in my scolll since last 7 years and i really enjoy doing it.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because of the expressions, you are happy, sad, angry, and everything!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am student
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am learning it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it is very pleasing to our mind and has the essence of true cultural heritage of india.....
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
The dance is more dynamic and energetic. Also, the music of Bharatanatyam is more powerful than Kathak for me. The space used in Kathak is much lesser than in Bharatanatyam on stage. Since in Bharatanatyam, there are more hand & feet movement, I prefer Bharatnatyam. And the facial expressions.. my god! I fell in love with the dance!
In conclusion:
Bharatanatyam, for:
1) Level of energy
2) Music
3) Hand&Feet movement
4) Facial expressions
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I learn bharatnatyam and performed my arangetram in bharatnatyam recently
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Iwsa very young so my parents have selected for me.But I still enjoy all three of them.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i am a south indian
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
it is fast and has good beats.
There is lot of abhinaya.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i feel it is more erpressive
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i love it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
As I had got bharatnatyam classes from an age of 6.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I have been learning the form for quite some time.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i have been learning the dance form for the past one year. Also i follow few personal favorite dancers on youtube
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I have learnt this dance form fr 3 years
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am taking a dance class for it!
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i am a big fan of rama vaidyanathan
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
well.its the nature of Bharatanatyam tht attracts me...n im a bhatatnatyam lover ...
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
im a pro
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because i have seen lot of dancers using bharatanatiyam.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I LOVED BARATHAM.I,M ALSO A DANCER.BEEN TO INDIA PART OF MADRAS.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I enjoy both Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam but most people I know dance Bharatanatyam.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I'm Learning bhartanatyam
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
as im learning this dance for the past 5yrs...
i m more experienced in dis dance...
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It is more dynamic and much more elegant
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i dont know just gussing

Kuchipudi - 20

  • Anonymous . April 2023
I am a classical dancer.
  • Anonymous . February 2023
I do it
  • Anonymous . January 2023
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  • Anonymous . April 2022
AS KUCHIPUDI IS SAID TO BE SOLELY WRITTEN BY LORD BRAMHA INCLUDING CONCEPTS FROM ALL THE VEDAS I CHOOSED TO BECOME A KUCHIPUDI DANCER.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Saw in program
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i do it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
lol
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
cause ive learnt it a bit
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I practice kuchipudi from 3 years
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
It’s mostly an energy shift that happens. It is necessary to tap into the male energy – almost as if the dancer is impersonating a man who is impersonating a woman. The speed is also much higher than the slightly relaxed pace of Bharatanatyam. As a dancer who was first trained in Bharatanatyam, I found Kuchipudi more intense. The variations in footwork, especially the traveling on the toes and the heels, are practically non-existent in Bharatanatyam, thus (as my daughter Swetha pointed out) requiring different groups of muscles in your legs to work. The foot positions such as knotting of the toes and crossing of the feet while creating pure dance rhythms also require attention. In contrast to the definitive crispness and sharp angles of Bharatanatyam, a Kuchipudi dancer creates more rounded and softer edges that are luscious to watch. The leans and lunges are deeper and farther. There is an up and down bobbing movement, which is also very unique to this style and which Dr. Sunil Kothari describes as “the playful jumping of a baby goat.” The movements flow with great deal of lyricism, in a continuous stream of sways and twirls, restraint and release, high leaps and bounces. Another important aspect is the outward hip thrust in certain lunges and poses. I often use the comparison of a Kuchipudi dancer’s movements to that of the sway of a bamboo tree.

It is also my opinion that some of the movements might have drawn their inspiration from everyday village activities. For example, the pure dance movement in which the dancer extends the arms in front with two Katakamukha gestures and pulls them back and forth over the shoulder while bobbing up and down with the feet might have been inspired by the rhythmic twist of the village women churning butter.
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
:)
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
good
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i leaned that when i was a kid
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because Ilearn it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Cuz I luv dance
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i dance it kinda
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I have grown up learning Kuchipudi from New Jersey's best Kuchipudi teacher... Swathi Gundapuneedi :)
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i'm telugu
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i like it because of its beauty

Kathak - 24

  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because I am learning Kathak and its my favorite
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
cause i do this
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  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
Because I am a Kathak Teacher
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
as i am learning it so i just loved it. :-)
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I learn it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i like so much.kathak is very strigth
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i doing it
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
beacause i likke it













































  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
we think its easier than the other two but it is more difficult than those. its a stiff form of dance
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i know all these three types of dance forms and am familiar with all these three. but when i damce kathak i forget that i'm dancing and go in to the real world of dance not knowing anything around me. it is a very difficult form of dance to learn but after learning we feel very easy
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
cause i have learnt it myself. now looking fo my daughter
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
because it is northern india's dance and i am from jaipur which is an exclusive gharana of this
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
I am impressed with the footwork in Kathak which is in rhythm with the taal
  • Anonymous . 3+ yrs. ago
i have been going to a kathak dance instut. since i was like 5...

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