Posted by me on December 07, 2007 at 02:34:49:

 In Reply to: how Krishna segnifies dance posted by shivangi on December 03, 2007 at 08:40:10:

 krishna is probably the most popular subject in dance drama or classical dance. manipuri form of dance is based mainly on krishna and so is odissi. plenty of items can be seen in kuchipudi and bharatanatyam.
krishna signifies a cult. so a popular topic with lot of true mythological stories and some made up, not so true ones. stories on krishna give a lot of scope for abhinaya, be it abt his childhood, youth , or more later of bhagvad gita times. for srigaara rasa- krishna is ultimate and so is his childhood.
the kalindi mardana where krishna dances, signifies his imprtant place in dance too.
for the one who preached 'karmanye vadhi..'the asthapadis are abt him in different bhavas, thus giving the artist a lot of challenge and pleasure in performing.
there is something very peculiar, exciting,adorable, intriging and extremely enchanting abt krishna, which i am yet to findout, and this makes the art very magnetic to this subject. personally i feel, krishna has all the emotions of a man and that where one can relate to his actions, and being highly intellectual to change the course of thinking-makes him worshipped.
chanchalam manaha krishna- my heart is fickle(chanchal), or can be a fickle(chanchal) heart means krishna, such is his charm and suspense.
krishna is a subject a cult- delve and u r immersed in the ocean.
i hope iam of some help to u.
 

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