DANDIYA RAAS

Garba  is a form of dance that originated in the state of Gujarat in India. The name is derived from the Sanskrit term 

Garbha ("womb") and Deep ("a small earthenware lamp"). Many traditional garbas are performed around a centrally lit lamp or a picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti. The circular and spiral figures of Garba have similarities to other spiritual dances, such as those of Sufi culture. Traditionally, it is performed during the nine-day Hindu festival Navarātrī (Nava = 9, rātrī = nights). Either the lamp (the Garba Deep) or an image of the Goddess, Durga (also called Amba) is placed in the middle of concentric rings as an object of veneration.Traditionally, the dance is performed around a clay lantern with a light inside, called a Garbha Deep. This lantern represents life; the fetus in the womb in particular. The dancers thus honor Durga, the feminine form of divinity.

Raas or Dandiya Raas is the traditional folk dance form of Gujarat, India,originated in Vrindavan by Lord Krishna, where it is performed depicting scenes of Holi, and lila of Krishna and Radha. Along with Garba, it is the featured dance of Navratri evenings in Western India. During Navratri festival, in most of the cities of Gujarat and in Mumbai people gather and perform Garba dance.

BIHU

The BIHU is a group dance  in which males and females dance together but maintain different gender roles. In general, females follow stricter line or circle formations. The male dancers and musicians enter the dancing area first, and they maintain their lines and follow synchronized patterns. When the female dancers enter later the male dancers break up their lines to mingle with the female dancers, who maintain their stricter formations and order of the dance. The dance is usually characterized by definite postures; movements of the hips, arms, wrists; twirls, squats and bends but no jumps. Male and female dance movements are very similar, with only minor but subtle differences.

BAGURUMBA

Bagurumba  is a folk dance of indigenous Bodo tribe Assam and Northeast India, India performed by theBodos. It is the usually practiced during Bwisagu, a festival of the Bodos in the Bishuba Sankranti or Mid-April. The dance is sometimes referred to as the "butterfly dance" as its motion resembles butterflies. Then young people reverentially bow down to their parents and elders.

After that Bathow is worshipped by offering the deity chicken and zou (rice beer). On this day, Bodo women in their colourful dokhna ,jwmgra and aronai  perform the Bagurumba dance which is also called the Bardwisikhla dance. It is also accompanied by musical instruments like serja (a bowed instrument), sifung (flute), tharkha (a piece of split bamboo), kham/madal (a long drum made of wood and goatskin). The festival ends with a community prayer at Garjasali. This dance prevails in Bodo inhabited areas of  Udalguri ,  Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Nalbari, Darrang and Sonitpur districts and in Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

BHARAT NATYAM

Bharathanatyam is a form of Indian classical dance form that originated in the temples of Tamil Nadu.It was described in the treatise Natya Shastra by Bharata around the beginning of the common era. Bharata Natyam is known for its grace, purity, tenderness, expression and sculpturesque poses. Lord Shiva is considered the God of this dance form. Today, it is one of the most popular and widely performed dance styles and is practiced by male and female dancers all over the world, although it is more commonly danced by women.

KATHAK

KATHAK

Kathak is a beautiful dance form originated from the temples of north india .Kathakar means  a STORYTELLER . Footwork and hand movements are of great importance in kathak.From the 16th century onwards it absorbed certain features of Persian dance  and Central Asian dance which were imported by the royal courts of the Mughal era.

The name Kathak is derived from the sanskrit  word' katha' meaning story, and katthaka in Sanskrit means he who tells a story, or to do with stories. 

All the steps and movements ends with the final beat called sum and all the steps and movements have a rhymic words called bols. the steps and movements together formes tukras . the main tukras and the popular tukras are of chakkrawala tukras which contains a lot o spins. The spins are usually done heels. Shri Birju maharaj is one of the great kathakar and has introduce many choreographies in kathak.