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Bharatanatyam is vibrant and very demanding of
the dancer. The body is visualized as made of triangles,
one above and one below the torso. It is based upon a balanced distribution of
body weight and firm positions of the lower limbs, allowing the hands to cut into
a line, to flow around the body, or to take positions that enhance the basic form.
A special feature of this dance form is Padams
or poems on the hero-heroine theme. The tempo
of these love songs is slow and each phase of the performance is crystallized
into a specific mood of love. |
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