What is Adavus?
What is Adavus? The word “Adavu” means basic step. Adavus forms the ABC's of pure dancing(Nritta) in bharatanatyam. Just like a combination of alphabets give words and thereafter sentences, adavus are combined to form a dance sequence in Bharatanatyam. An Adavu is the combination of: Hand gestures (nritta hastas) How many types of Adavus are there? So, for young students, like I was then, here is a basic introduction to Bharatanatyam. There are thirteen groups of Adavus containing 36 to 52. Number of Adavus varies from the ways of teaching and depends on the Guru who may have his own...