DANCE IN INDIA

Dance is an ancient Indian art form and is traditionally linked to mythology and classical litrature.Dance can be divided into two main forms-classical and folk.
                   Classical dance is essentially based on well-defined traditional disciplines and includes-
1.Bharat natyam
2.Kathkali
3.Kathak
4.Manipuri
5.Kuchipudi
6.Odissi

                                                              India's second major dance form,folk,is widespread and varied.It ranges from the high-spirited bhanra dance hailing from Punjab to the theatrical dummy horse dances of Karnataka and Tamilnadu,and the graceful fishers's dance of Orissa.