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Page 1 12 DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Communicating and Expressing Emotion Communicating through Dance You may recall the various hand gestures you learnt in the previous grades. Each gesture can have a meaning or many meanings and can help you communicate and even tell a story! Gestures of a single hand are called asamyuta hastas and gestures of both hands are called samyuta hastas. Let us take this learning a step further. The Abhinaya Darpa?am mentions these hastas in Sanskrit shlokas. Asamyuta Hasta is a Shloka describing 28 single- hand gestures. Additionaly, there are 4 more hand gestures. ????????????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????????? ? ?? ??? ?? ????????????? ? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? Patakastripatakoardhapatakah kartarimukhah | Mayurakhyoardhachandrashcha aralah sukatundakah || ????????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???????? ? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ? ???? ?? ???? ?????? Mu?htishcha sikharakhyashcha kapitthah katakamukhah | Suchi chandrakala padmako?hah sarpashirastatha || ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ? ?? ?????? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? Mrigashir?hah simhamukhah kangulashchalapadmakah | Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah || ???? ?? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? Sandesho mukulashchaiva tamrachudastrishulakah | Ityasamyutahastanama?htavimshatiririta || —?Shloka nos. 89–92 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara ch12_DANCE.indd 134 ch12_DANCE.indd 134 19-06-2025 17:27:42 19-06-2025 17:27:42 Page 2 12 DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Communicating and Expressing Emotion Communicating through Dance You may recall the various hand gestures you learnt in the previous grades. Each gesture can have a meaning or many meanings and can help you communicate and even tell a story! Gestures of a single hand are called asamyuta hastas and gestures of both hands are called samyuta hastas. Let us take this learning a step further. The Abhinaya Darpa?am mentions these hastas in Sanskrit shlokas. Asamyuta Hasta is a Shloka describing 28 single- hand gestures. Additionaly, there are 4 more hand gestures. ????????????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????????? ? ?? ??? ?? ????????????? ? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? Patakastripatakoardhapatakah kartarimukhah | Mayurakhyoardhachandrashcha aralah sukatundakah || ????????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???????? ? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ? ???? ?? ???? ?????? Mu?htishcha sikharakhyashcha kapitthah katakamukhah | Suchi chandrakala padmako?hah sarpashirastatha || ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ? ?? ?????? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? Mrigashir?hah simhamukhah kangulashchalapadmakah | Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah || ???? ?? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? Sandesho mukulashchaiva tamrachudastrishulakah | Ityasamyutahastanama?htavimshatiririta || —?Shloka nos. 89–92 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara ch12_DANCE.indd 134 ch12_DANCE.indd 134 19-06-2025 17:27:42 19-06-2025 17:27:42 135 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Samyuta Hasta: Shloka describing 23 combined hand gestures. Every word denotes a particular hasta. ACTIVITY 12.1: SPEAKING WITH HANDS Recite the hasta shloka while doing the gestures with your hands. (QR Code) ??? ???? ?? ? ???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?? Anjalishcha kapotashcha karkatah svastikastatha || ???? ???? ? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? Dolahastah pu?hpapu?a utsangah shivalingakah | Katakavardhanashchaiva kartarisvastikastatha || ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ????? ??? ????? ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ?? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??????? ?? ?? Shakatam shankhachakre cha samputah pashakilakau | Matysah kurmo varahashcha garudo nagabandhakah || ?? ??? ??????? ? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??????????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ? Khatva bherunda ityete sankhyata samyutah karah | Strayovimshatirityuktah purvagaibharatadibhih || —?Shloka nos. 172–175 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara *You have practised hastas since Grade 6. Refer to all of them. ch12_DANCE.indd 135 ch12_DANCE.indd 135 19-06-2025 17:27:45 19-06-2025 17:27:45 Page 3 12 DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Communicating and Expressing Emotion Communicating through Dance You may recall the various hand gestures you learnt in the previous grades. Each gesture can have a meaning or many meanings and can help you communicate and even tell a story! Gestures of a single hand are called asamyuta hastas and gestures of both hands are called samyuta hastas. Let us take this learning a step further. The Abhinaya Darpa?am mentions these hastas in Sanskrit shlokas. Asamyuta Hasta is a Shloka describing 28 single- hand gestures. Additionaly, there are 4 more hand gestures. ????????????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????????? ? ?? ??? ?? ????????????? ? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? Patakastripatakoardhapatakah kartarimukhah | Mayurakhyoardhachandrashcha aralah sukatundakah || ????????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???????? ? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ? ???? ?? ???? ?????? Mu?htishcha sikharakhyashcha kapitthah katakamukhah | Suchi chandrakala padmako?hah sarpashirastatha || ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ? ?? ?????? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? Mrigashir?hah simhamukhah kangulashchalapadmakah | Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah || ???? ?? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? Sandesho mukulashchaiva tamrachudastrishulakah | Ityasamyutahastanama?htavimshatiririta || —?Shloka nos. 89–92 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara ch12_DANCE.indd 134 ch12_DANCE.indd 134 19-06-2025 17:27:42 19-06-2025 17:27:42 135 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Samyuta Hasta: Shloka describing 23 combined hand gestures. Every word denotes a particular hasta. ACTIVITY 12.1: SPEAKING WITH HANDS Recite the hasta shloka while doing the gestures with your hands. (QR Code) ??? ???? ?? ? ???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?? Anjalishcha kapotashcha karkatah svastikastatha || ???? ???? ? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? Dolahastah pu?hpapu?a utsangah shivalingakah | Katakavardhanashchaiva kartarisvastikastatha || ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ????? ??? ????? ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ?? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??????? ?? ?? Shakatam shankhachakre cha samputah pashakilakau | Matysah kurmo varahashcha garudo nagabandhakah || ?? ??? ??????? ? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??????????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ? Khatva bherunda ityete sankhyata samyutah karah | Strayovimshatirityuktah purvagaibharatadibhih || —?Shloka nos. 172–175 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara *You have practised hastas since Grade 6. Refer to all of them. ch12_DANCE.indd 135 ch12_DANCE.indd 135 19-06-2025 17:27:45 19-06-2025 17:27:45 136 | KRITI Exploring Hastas as a Sign Language Mohiniattam Bharatanatyam Kuchipudi Kathak ACTIVITY 12.2: THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE (a) In Storytelling ? Divide the class into 4 groups. ? Brainstorm a few situations with various characters. Each group will choose a di??erent situation. For example: A busy road with police o??cers, cars and pedestrians; a family gearing up to celebrate a festival; a group of friends going camping or playing an outdoor sport; a group of people farming and ploughing land. ?Use appropriate hastas expressions to enact the situation without words, and present it in front of the class. ? This activity is similar to the mime work done in Theatre, Grade 7 textbook, but here the focus is on making it more stylised and rooted in dance vocabulary. Before there was any language, people communicated using sign language and gestures. Even today, when you watch dances, you will notice how music and dance are used to share thoughts and feelings. You have learnt that hastas can be used for communication. Now, observe around yourself and notice how some people naturally use hand gestures while conversing. Do you recognise those gestures? Try to create a sign language using some of the hastas that you have learnt and prepare a chart. ch12_DANCE.indd 136 ch12_DANCE.indd 136 19-06-2025 17:27:46 19-06-2025 17:27:46 Page 4 12 DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Communicating and Expressing Emotion Communicating through Dance You may recall the various hand gestures you learnt in the previous grades. Each gesture can have a meaning or many meanings and can help you communicate and even tell a story! Gestures of a single hand are called asamyuta hastas and gestures of both hands are called samyuta hastas. Let us take this learning a step further. The Abhinaya Darpa?am mentions these hastas in Sanskrit shlokas. Asamyuta Hasta is a Shloka describing 28 single- hand gestures. Additionaly, there are 4 more hand gestures. ????????????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????????? ? ?? ??? ?? ????????????? ? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? Patakastripatakoardhapatakah kartarimukhah | Mayurakhyoardhachandrashcha aralah sukatundakah || ????????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???????? ? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ? ???? ?? ???? ?????? Mu?htishcha sikharakhyashcha kapitthah katakamukhah | Suchi chandrakala padmako?hah sarpashirastatha || ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ? ?? ?????? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? Mrigashir?hah simhamukhah kangulashchalapadmakah | Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah || ???? ?? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? Sandesho mukulashchaiva tamrachudastrishulakah | Ityasamyutahastanama?htavimshatiririta || —?Shloka nos. 89–92 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara ch12_DANCE.indd 134 ch12_DANCE.indd 134 19-06-2025 17:27:42 19-06-2025 17:27:42 135 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Samyuta Hasta: Shloka describing 23 combined hand gestures. Every word denotes a particular hasta. ACTIVITY 12.1: SPEAKING WITH HANDS Recite the hasta shloka while doing the gestures with your hands. (QR Code) ??? ???? ?? ? ???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?? Anjalishcha kapotashcha karkatah svastikastatha || ???? ???? ? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? Dolahastah pu?hpapu?a utsangah shivalingakah | Katakavardhanashchaiva kartarisvastikastatha || ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ????? ??? ????? ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ?? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??????? ?? ?? Shakatam shankhachakre cha samputah pashakilakau | Matysah kurmo varahashcha garudo nagabandhakah || ?? ??? ??????? ? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??????????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ? Khatva bherunda ityete sankhyata samyutah karah | Strayovimshatirityuktah purvagaibharatadibhih || —?Shloka nos. 172–175 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara *You have practised hastas since Grade 6. Refer to all of them. ch12_DANCE.indd 135 ch12_DANCE.indd 135 19-06-2025 17:27:45 19-06-2025 17:27:45 136 | KRITI Exploring Hastas as a Sign Language Mohiniattam Bharatanatyam Kuchipudi Kathak ACTIVITY 12.2: THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE (a) In Storytelling ? Divide the class into 4 groups. ? Brainstorm a few situations with various characters. Each group will choose a di??erent situation. For example: A busy road with police o??cers, cars and pedestrians; a family gearing up to celebrate a festival; a group of friends going camping or playing an outdoor sport; a group of people farming and ploughing land. ?Use appropriate hastas expressions to enact the situation without words, and present it in front of the class. ? This activity is similar to the mime work done in Theatre, Grade 7 textbook, but here the focus is on making it more stylised and rooted in dance vocabulary. Before there was any language, people communicated using sign language and gestures. Even today, when you watch dances, you will notice how music and dance are used to share thoughts and feelings. You have learnt that hastas can be used for communication. Now, observe around yourself and notice how some people naturally use hand gestures while conversing. Do you recognise those gestures? Try to create a sign language using some of the hastas that you have learnt and prepare a chart. ch12_DANCE.indd 136 ch12_DANCE.indd 136 19-06-2025 17:27:46 19-06-2025 17:27:46 137 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING (b) In Communication ? Divide yourselves into 4 groups. ? Brainstorm two sentences that you may use every day, either in class or at home. ? Enact them using only hastas and no voice to see if they communicate the idea clearly. ? This communication could be added to your sign language chart. Note to the Teacher: Refer to the hasta usage as taught in the previous grades. The teacher should play appropriate music. ACTIVITY 12.3: WHEN HANDS SPEAK Can you describe what is being communicated here? Write in the space given below. ch12_DANCE.indd 137 ch12_DANCE.indd 137 19-06-2025 17:27:48 19-06-2025 17:27:48 Page 5 12 DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Communicating and Expressing Emotion Communicating through Dance You may recall the various hand gestures you learnt in the previous grades. Each gesture can have a meaning or many meanings and can help you communicate and even tell a story! Gestures of a single hand are called asamyuta hastas and gestures of both hands are called samyuta hastas. Let us take this learning a step further. The Abhinaya Darpa?am mentions these hastas in Sanskrit shlokas. Asamyuta Hasta is a Shloka describing 28 single- hand gestures. Additionaly, there are 4 more hand gestures. ????????????? ?????????? ?? ???? ????????? ? ?? ??? ?? ????????????? ? ?? ???? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? Patakastripatakoardhapatakah kartarimukhah | Mayurakhyoardhachandrashcha aralah sukatundakah || ????????? ?? ?????? ??? ?? ??? ???? ?? ???????? ? ??? ?? ???? ?? ? ??? ???? ? ???? ?? ???? ?????? Mu?htishcha sikharakhyashcha kapitthah katakamukhah | Suchi chandrakala padmako?hah sarpashirastatha || ?? ???? ??? ?? ???? ???????? ?????????? ??? ??? ?? ? ??? ??? ? ?? ?????? ?? ? ?? ?? ???? ? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? Mrigashir?hah simhamukhah kangulashchalapadmakah | Chaturo bhramarashchaiva hamsasyo hamsapakshakah || ???? ?? ?? ?? ? ??? ? ? ???? ?? ????? ??????? ?? ???? ? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? Sandesho mukulashchaiva tamrachudastrishulakah | Ityasamyutahastanama?htavimshatiririta || —?Shloka nos. 89–92 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara ch12_DANCE.indd 134 ch12_DANCE.indd 134 19-06-2025 17:27:42 19-06-2025 17:27:42 135 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING Samyuta Hasta: Shloka describing 23 combined hand gestures. Every word denotes a particular hasta. ACTIVITY 12.1: SPEAKING WITH HANDS Recite the hasta shloka while doing the gestures with your hands. (QR Code) ??? ???? ?? ? ???? ?? ? ? ? ?? ???? ?? ?????? ?? Anjalishcha kapotashcha karkatah svastikastatha || ???? ???? ? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?? ?? ????? ??? ?? ? ???????? ???? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ?????? ?? Dolahastah pu?hpapu?a utsangah shivalingakah | Katakavardhanashchaiva kartarisvastikastatha || ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ????? ??? ????? ???? ?? ?? ??? ? ? ?? ? ??? ???? ??? ?? ??????? ?? ?? Shakatam shankhachakre cha samputah pashakilakau | Matysah kurmo varahashcha garudo nagabandhakah || ?? ??? ??????? ? ?? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???? ??? ???? ???? ?? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??????????? ??? ???? ?? ?? ? Khatva bherunda ityete sankhyata samyutah karah | Strayovimshatirityuktah purvagaibharatadibhih || —?Shloka nos. 172–175 from Abhinaya Darpanam by Nandikeshvara *You have practised hastas since Grade 6. Refer to all of them. ch12_DANCE.indd 135 ch12_DANCE.indd 135 19-06-2025 17:27:45 19-06-2025 17:27:45 136 | KRITI Exploring Hastas as a Sign Language Mohiniattam Bharatanatyam Kuchipudi Kathak ACTIVITY 12.2: THE LANGUAGE OF SILENCE (a) In Storytelling ? Divide the class into 4 groups. ? Brainstorm a few situations with various characters. Each group will choose a di??erent situation. For example: A busy road with police o??cers, cars and pedestrians; a family gearing up to celebrate a festival; a group of friends going camping or playing an outdoor sport; a group of people farming and ploughing land. ?Use appropriate hastas expressions to enact the situation without words, and present it in front of the class. ? This activity is similar to the mime work done in Theatre, Grade 7 textbook, but here the focus is on making it more stylised and rooted in dance vocabulary. Before there was any language, people communicated using sign language and gestures. Even today, when you watch dances, you will notice how music and dance are used to share thoughts and feelings. You have learnt that hastas can be used for communication. Now, observe around yourself and notice how some people naturally use hand gestures while conversing. Do you recognise those gestures? Try to create a sign language using some of the hastas that you have learnt and prepare a chart. ch12_DANCE.indd 136 ch12_DANCE.indd 136 19-06-2025 17:27:46 19-06-2025 17:27:46 137 | DANCE FOR WELL-BEING (b) In Communication ? Divide yourselves into 4 groups. ? Brainstorm two sentences that you may use every day, either in class or at home. ? Enact them using only hastas and no voice to see if they communicate the idea clearly. ? This communication could be added to your sign language chart. Note to the Teacher: Refer to the hasta usage as taught in the previous grades. The teacher should play appropriate music. ACTIVITY 12.3: WHEN HANDS SPEAK Can you describe what is being communicated here? Write in the space given below. ch12_DANCE.indd 137 ch12_DANCE.indd 137 19-06-2025 17:27:48 19-06-2025 17:27:48 138 | KRITI Note to the Teacher: Teacher may play appropriate music. Expressing Emotions through Dance Have you ever wondered why, when you watch an emotional performance, sometimes you also tear up? Or when you watch something beautiful, you cannot stop smiling or feeling happy? It is because the emotion of sadness or joy which is being expressed by the dancer is so powerful, that it touches your heart. In Grade 7, you have learnt about the resultant experience (rasa) of a feeling or emotion (bhava). Now, it’s time to try to express emotions (bhava) through dance. Bhava is the ??rst thought, the instant feeling you get when something happens. Sometimes, experiencing emotions is healing because our deep emotions ??nd an outlet. Think about that one movie, song or dance performance, that made you feel something strongly. It could be an emotion of patriotism, happiness or even sorrow. Fear Trembling Loss of facial colour Think about what happens when you are scared — you start breathing rapidly with shallow breaths, which causes your body to express fear in many ways, such as perspiration, trembling and loss of facial colour. It is breath that helps in expressing those emotions clearly. Now, let’s focus on your own feelings — your bhavas. Remember in Chapter 1, you learnt brie??y about how breath can also help in expressing emotions. ACTIVITY 12.4: DANCE OF MOTIVATION (UTSAHA BHAVA) Choose a song based on patriotism and choreograph a dance. ch12_DANCE.indd 138 ch12_DANCE.indd 138 19-06-2025 17:27:49 19-06-2025 17:27:49Read More
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