KUCHIPUDI  DANCE

                   CERTIFICATE COURSE SYLLABUS

                                  FIRST  YEAR Level – 1

                                               THEORY

1. Origin of Natya – as per Bharata’s Natya Sastra
2. Definitions of the following technical terms – Natya, Nrutta, Nrutya, Lasya, Paatra, Apaatra, Kinkini, Sabha
3. Sloka depicting Sapta Taala
4. Asamyutha Hastas, their significance and usage (as per Abhinaya Darpana)
5. Paada Karma – as per Natya Sastra

                                              PRACTICAL

1. Exercises for Male  –  Gunjeelu, Kaali Saamu, Kuppi etc., 

Exercises for Female   – related to Anga Vinyasa (related to lasya)

2. Practice of the following Pada Bheda:                                                         

•  Udgha Tita
•  Sama
• Agra tala sancharam
• Anchita   
• Kunchita
• Soochi Pada  

3. Adugulu – Adavulu

• Usi   2.  Taam Tehi hida!  Ttatehi hida   
• Tehihi dattaam – 3 types  
• Stepping back Nadaka
• taam digi dhigitaa / tattahi ttatei – 4 tyes 
• Chuttu Adugulu    
• Chaukam – 3 types    
• taam…….digi 
  Tei………Digi
  Digi digitaa digidigitei
  Taam digi digitaa, tatta digidiogitei
  Taam digi (12) taam digi (12) taam digi (12) taam
  
  4. tei taa kiTa taka – 20 types
  5. Tatehitta – te hitta
  6. kattera naa Tu-4 types
  7.manDe koppu
  8. taamta ttadinda

9. tOm tOm tatha
10. tittittie
11. palugudu varusas and some other Adavu and Jati
12. Item – Vinayaka Kautham

                                    KUCHIPUDI  DANCE

                    CERTIFICATE COURSE SYLLABUS

                                      SECOND  YEAR

                                            THEORY

1. Indian Dance forms – brief description; Introduction to classical dance forms

2. Significance of Samyutha Hastas and their usage (Abhinaya Darpana)

3. Brief description of Chaturvudha Abhinaya (Abhinaya Darpana)

4. 12 Hasta Prana

5. Memorising the four slokas: SambhurGowrl 

Tatha….(Names of the Authors of Natya Sastras)

Aangikam Bhuvanam, GururBrahma, Sabha Kalpataru

6. Siro bedha, Drishti Bedha, their significance and usage as per Abhinaya Darpana

7. Life history of Siddhendra Yogi and Narayana Teertha

                                           PRACTICAL

1. Jati swaram, athaana raagam, aadi taala 

2. tuLuva raajendra sabdam-Jhanutha

3. Ramayana Sabdam

4. Krishnam kalaya sakhi – tarangam

                                           KUCHIPUDI  DANCE

                            CERTIFICATE COURSE SYLLABUS

                                      THIRD YEAR – Level 3

                                                     THEORY

1. Brief history of Kuchipudi Natya: evalution and development of yakshagana, bhagavata mela, Bhamakalapam

2. Nava ras – their description as per Natya Sastra 

3. Greeva & Bru bhed – their significance and usages as per Abhinaya Darpana

4. Significance of uttama-madhyama-adhama Nayakas

5. Significance and usage of Devata Hastas

6. Life History of Jayadev and Tyagaraj

7. Biography of Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, Vempati Venkata Narayana,     Chinta Venkatramayya

                                                  PRACTICAL

1.     Any trisra or chaturasra jathi taalam and performance    

2.     Any khanda or misra jathi taalam and performance         

3.     Neelamegha (No plate needed)

4.     Mandooka sabdam

5.     Slokabhinayam – Devi stuthi or Shiva Stuthi or Krishna Stuthi

6.      Ramadasu keertana

(Ragam, Talam, composer and meanings of the above items is also required)

                                      KUCHIPUDI  DANCE

                       CERTIFICATE COURSE SYLLABUS

                                  FOURTH YEAR – Level 4

1. Samyuta Hastas (Natya Sastra)
2. Indian Classical Dances (Kathakali, Mohiniattam, Sattriya, Chhau)                   

                           THEORY

1. Qualities of Sveeya, Parakeeya and Samanya Nayikaas and AshTa Vidha Nayikaas and their stages.
2. Significance and usage of Dasavatara Hastas.

3. Brief description of Lokadharmi and Natyadharmi

4. Life history of : Kshetrayya, Ramadas, Annamachary, Munipalle Subrahmanya Kavi

                                       PRACTICAL

1. Dasavatara Sabdam including Slokam
2. Any Annamacharya Keerthana with Jathi (Rendering of Jathi and singing to talam)
3. Any Daruvu
4. Any Adhyatma Ramayana Keerthana
5. Any Thillana
6. (Raga, Tala, composer and meanings of the above items is also required)