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Dances of Asia (Original Post) Vehl Jan 2012 OP
from india La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2012 #1
yep Vehl Jan 2012 #5
Beautiful Japanese Fan Dance AsahinaKimi Jan 2012 #2
cool! Vehl Jan 2012 #4
Yes of course... AsahinaKimi Jan 2012 #6
Some popular dance forms of India Vehl Jan 2012 #3

Vehl

(1,915 posts)
5. yep
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:14 AM
Jan 2012

If you know the names of some of the dances found on the pic on post 3, feel free to add them to the list

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
2. Beautiful Japanese Fan Dance
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 05:11 PM
Jan 2012

Beautiful Japanese Fan Dance



Geisha Dance by Maiko-Kyoto



Geisha Dance



Japanese Dance - Awa Odori Dance - Tokushima - Japan



malaysia japan BON ODORI NIGHT





Tradional Japanese dance



Something abit more modern: 6 % DokiDoki x Omodaka

Vehl

(1,915 posts)
4. cool!
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:13 AM
Jan 2012

The dances look great!

The fan reminds me of some of the noh plays, where its also used quite often..if my memory serves me correctly.



speaking of a truly modern form of Japanese dance...I'm sure you probably know of this already

Hatsune Miku

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
6. Yes of course...
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 05:33 AM
Jan 2012

I would love to see that technology up close.. it be fascinating to see how its all done.

Kimiko ~yori

Vehl

(1,915 posts)
3. Some popular dance forms of India
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:56 AM
Jan 2012

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^^ Even though there are hundreds of different dances in India, this lists some of the major ones from each state of India.

Top to bottom, left to right.

Corresponding states of India

1 Mohiniyattam from the State of Kerala
2 BharataNatyam;the national dance of India from the State of Tamil Nadu
3 Gaddi dance from the State of Himachal Pradesh
4 Kuchipudi from the State of Andhra
5 Arunachal Pradesh
6 Bihu dance from the State of Assam
7 Bengal
8 Bihar
9 Tripura
10 Gujarat
11 Goa
12 Punjab
13 Haryana
14 Jarkand
15 karnataka
16 kashmir
17 Madya Pradesh
18 Rajastan
19 Mizoram
20 Manipuri
21 Uttarkand
22 Odissi dance from the State of Orissa
23 Uttar pradesh
24 Sikkim
25 Maharashtra
26 Nagaland

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