Manipuri emerged from taking elements from
- Shiva parvathi dance with local gandarvas
- Maibas and maibees dance of Lai Hairoba festival
- Martial dance of Thangta
- Sankeerthan
- Rasleela
- This dance form gained prominence with the advent of Vaishnavism.
- In modern times Rabindranath Tagore brought back the dance form into the limelight. He introduced it in the syllabus of viswabharathi university of Shanthinikethan
Features
- in Manipuri dance the facial expression/ MUKHABHINAYA is absent
- the main theme of manipuri is the rasleela and stories of Krishna
- Nagabandha Mudra is important feature of Manipuri dance
- in this mudra the dancer tries to make a shape of 'S' through the curves of her body.
- local music of Manipur
Instruments
- Pung,
- Kartal
- Pena.
many a times single instrument is played and dance is called PUNGCHOLAM & KARTAL CHOLAM.
Proponents => Jhaveri Sisters
- Naina
- Suverna
- Ranjana
- darshana
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