Shuddh Nittya | शुद्ध नृत्त (Meghranjani)

PURE DANCE IN KATHAK ( SHUDDHA NRITTYA) The item is a conventional kathak performance which tends to follow a progression in tempo from slow to fast. A short dance composition is known as a tukra, a longer one as a toda. There are also compositions consisting of footwork. The dancer will engage in rhythmic play with the time-cycle of 16 beats in Teentaal. All items in this compositions are performed so that the final step and beat of the composition lands on the ’sam’ (pronounced as the English word ’su