Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language, Online ISSN 2348-3083, SJ IMPACT FACTOR 2021: 7.278, www.srjis.com PEER REVIEWED & REFEREED JOURNAL, JUNE-JULY, 2022, VOL-10/52
ROLE OF EXPONENTS IN REVITALIZATION OF CLASSICAL DANCE IN INDIA Chetana Desai, Ph. D. Head and Associate Professor, MES's Abasaheb Garware College, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India
Paper Received On: 25 JULY 2022 Peer Reviewed On: 31 JULY 2022 Published On: 1 AUGUST 2022
Abstract India has a rich tradition of classical arts, such as music, dance, painting, architecture and many other. Performing arts like classical dance, classical music were spiritual in nature. These forms were considered as means of worshipping Gods. All these forms have a long cultural, spiritual and social history. Due to social, economic and political reasons these art forms faced many ups and downs in different periods. Revitalization of these art forms can be considered as a step towards nation building process. The present paper discusses the efforts taken by the revivalists in order to revive these arts especially the classical dance forms and the contributions of the revivalists in nation building process. Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com
Introduction: Indian traditional art is a cultural heritage of our country its revival can be considered as one of the major acts in nation building process. Exponents of art have tried to revive it. We can call them pioneers of Indian art. The present paper discusses the efforts taken by the revivalists in adverse conditions and analyses their contributions to nation building process. This paper is divided in to two parts. First part tries to explain the early status of Indian classical dance in Indian tradition and the decline in its position in due course of period. The second part discusses the efforts taken by pioneers to revive this cultural heritage and how this act led to nation building process. Researcher has discussed the efforts of a few pioneers instead of considering any individual in order to understand the whole process. Indian classical dance art had a religious importance and a definite role to play in society. In India dance has been considered something more than only a means of entertainment and has been used as a tool for many things. Such as a means of entertainment, Copyright © 2022, Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & English Language