In India, dance has been used both as a vehicle of worship and as an expression
of profound emotions, a human being’s most subtle states of mind. The Indian
dance system is the oldest and most comprehensive in the world. The world’s
earliest evidence of dance is a bronze figurine of a dancing girl discovered
in the 4,000-year-old ruin of Mohenjodaro.
Bharatanatyam is amongst the oldest of the classical dance forms of India , with a history that goes back more than two thousand years. Integrating elements of music, theater, poetry, sculpture, and literature, this multi-dimensional art has come down through the centuries, as part of a dynamic, vital, living tradition, that offers infinite scope for understanding and exploring the body, mind and spirit.
