LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:4 April 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

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Stages of Dance during Chola Period

Miss Mythilie Arulaiah, M.Phil.

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During the Sangam period dances were performed in many places, for example, under the shadow of Vengai and Kaanchi trees, atop the mountains, on streets, in sandy places, on the stages at festivals, stages in the villages, in awnings decorated for the kings and on prestigious stages. During the Post-Sangam period ‘Arangam’ (stage), after the careful selection of land for it, was constructed maintaining the measurement and structure prescribed by the authors of books of sculpture. Performances were staged as specified by the authors of works on dance. The places in which dances were performed during the Pallava and Paandiya period were called ‘Ambalam’ and ‘Arangam’. Stages were constructed to accommodate hundreds of audience. Dance performances were presented by performing ladies according to the norms of dance with five types of teachers of dance among the audience. Temples too became the stages of dance similar to the street-stages, festival stages and stages in the palaces.

Though the stages before the Chola period were of different variety, we could conclude that the stages similar to that of Pallava stages evolved into the stages of various designs in Chola period.

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Miss. Mythilie Arulaiah, M.Phil.
Senior Lecturer in Dance
Department of Dance
University of Jaffna
Jaffna 40000
Sri Lanka
maithiliaruliah@gmail.com
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