| Indian dancing styles | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1019 |
| Catalog #: | 459582 | |
| Clip Number: | 459582-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 450-9 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | India | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Folk Dance | |
| Description: | 02:02:24 Two female dancers one of them dressed as the cowherd "Gopi" - Lord Krsna and the other plays his lover Radha. In front of the redstone monument's facade near the doorway they swing about and dance in unison. 02:02:52 Single girl dancer in traditional sari-type costume with exaggerated expressive gestures performing the dance that refers to Lord Krsna's mischievous activities in stealing the milk and other such. She ends the dance in a sitting posture. 02:03:38 Two girls in Manipuri style bell skirts again in front of the earlier monument twirl around in unison. Men in turbans dance 02:04:40 The door opens in the doorway and dancers come out in file as earlier young boys in turbans and clanging cymbals decorated with the long silky pom-poms, drummers and others. 02:05:05 Different wide angle shot of the dancers in file. Another wide take. 02:05:25 Older men with turbans and decorated cymbals are prancing around 02:05:37 Frontal take concentrating on one man's performance 02:05:45 Retake from doorway of dancers coming out in file. Camera pans to include them from closer as they come around 02:06:03 Wider take as they twirl around, drummer man in center left particularly energetic. They all sit on the ground with a flourish and begin drumming. Get up after a short session and begin to move about shaking their black mops with great gusto. 02:06:45 CU of drummer on ground with garland as he beats the longish drum. Dancers move along the drum from left to right. 02:06:57 Different takes from front of dancers | |
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