Indian art evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or philosophical states in the audience, or by representing them symbolically == Rasas in the performing arts == The theory of rasas still forms the aesthetic underpinning of all Indian classical dance and theatre, such as Bharatanatyam, kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kudiyattam, Kathakali and others. Expressing rasa in classical Indian dance form is referred to as rasa-abhinaya.
Indian art evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or philosophical states in the audience, or by representing them symbolically == Rasas in the performing arts == The theory of rasas still forms the aesthetic underpinning of all Indian classical dance and theatre, such as Bharatanatyam, kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Manipuri, Kudiyattam, Kathakali and others. Expressing rasa in classical Indian dance form is referred to as rasa-abhinaya.
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