help
agrataal
pick up both feet and stamp
aalidh
bend the knees and sit
uthaan
first tukda after the stuti
archit
pick up the heel and stamp it
kunchit
pick up one foot, stamp the front part, pull behind the other leg
kunchit bhramari
spin with knees bent and together
pad vinyas
picking up the leg and placing in the required position
samput
pull and close any open thing
milit dhrushti
eyes half open or half closed
used to show snake/dhyan/jap/namaskar/sharp glances
griva sanchalan
movement of neck according to abhinaya darpan, 4 kinds
sundari greeva
side to side neck movement
tirachina greeva
snake neck movement
paravartita greeva
half moon neck movement
prakampita greeva
pigeon neck movement
parvahit shir
head movement from one direction to another
ekpad
stand one one leg w/ other leg resting on knee
shows meditation/tapasya
bhramari
spin/pheri/chakkar/ghumariya
on one foot is ekpad bhramari
nritya ke sapt padarth
nyaya sutra: drav, gun, karma, samanya, vishesh, sumvaya, abhav
pandit rajaram dwivedi: make nature complete
drav
existence of a thing; nritya ke sapt padarth
gun
features of a thing; nritya ke sapt padarth
karma
action taken using thing; nritya ke sapt padarth
samanya
type or quality of thing; nritya ke sapt padarth
vishesh
specialties of a thing; nritya ke sapt padarth
sumvaya
connection with something; nritya ke sapt padarth
abhav
lack of existence; nritya ke sapt padarth
vyuhkriya
formations
trikon vyuh
3 lines triangle formation; vyuhkriya
baan vyuh
enter in straight line formation from any direction; vyuhkriya
sarp vyuh
move in wavy snake formation; vyuhkriya
ardha chandra vyuh
half moon formation; vyuhkriya
kup vyuh
circle formation; vyuhkriya
chatushkon vyuh
square formation; vyuhkriya
sopan vyuh
enter in different line formations and assemble on stage; vruhkriya
2 small 1 big line half rectangle formation; vruhkriya
anulom
moving in diagonal right way; sidha, ulat-pulat
vilom/pratilom
moving in diagonal wrong way; ulta, ulat-pulat
hela
love enters heart of lovers shown through body
hori
raag kaafi in thumri style, deepchandi, krishna plays holi in brij, uses mead/kan/murki/khatka
kajri
from kajal, monsoon season (aashadh purnima-janmashtami), semi-classical singing style, separation of lovers, banaras (UP) and mirzapur
chaiti
chitra month, bhojpuri, eastern UP and east Bihar, ram and his life
ghazal
urdu/farsi, pasto/roopak/deepchandi, shrinagar (erotic) raag, pain/separation/love, beautiful vocabulary and poetic style, same raags as tappa and thumris
tarana
hindustani music, nom-tom/tanana/na/dir-dir/dani/tadani, all raags and taals, speed gradually increases and ends after very fast
bhajan
praise of god, keharva/dadra/jhaptaal/roopak/teentaal, bhakti ras emotion, raag purity not a focus
thumri
importance to words, not follow rigid rules of raag, has all specialties of Indian classical music, dhrupad i.e. layakaris, swars i.e. khayals, taans i.e. tappa/thumris, 2 styles
purvi ang thumri
word focused, accompanies dance, arth bhav ki thumri, interpretation of words, bhojpuri/brij bhasha/avadhi languages
punjabi ang
vilambit laya, punjabi folk music all aspects, words express various emotions, deepchandi/dadra/teentaal/addha taal, bhairavi/khamaj/pilu/kafi/tilak-kamod/jogiya/gara/des/pahadi/jhijoti raags