Qualities of a Dancer

Our ancient scriptures provide us with much inputs about various aspects of dance/dancer & we thought of sharing a brief note along with what we think would probably work.

Ten Essential qualities according to the ancient scripture Abhinaya Darpana  :

Patra Prana Dasha Smrutaha - The ten essentials of the dancer to be noted : 

Javaha (Agility), Sthirathvam (Steadiness), Rekha (graceful lines), Bhramari(balance in pirouettes), Drishti (glance), Shramaha (hard work), Medha (intelligence), Shraddha(devotion),Vacho (good speech), and Geetam (singing ability).

Ten additional qualities necessary for a present day student according to Nirupama & Rajendra : 

Love for dance, humility,commitment for learning, punctuality, honesty,awareness of this as a valuable knowledge,honor class discipline,explore the inner energies, incessant efforts towards bringing excellence & above all , faith in art that it will help them connect with their True-Perfect-Brilliant Self :) 

Jai ho to all dance students!  

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