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'''Kuchipudi''' ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|tʃ|i|ˈ|p|uː|d|i}}) is one of the eight major [[Classical Indian dance|Indian classical dances]].{{Sfn|Williams|2004|pp=83-84, the other major classical Indian dances are: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kathakali, Manipuri, Cchau, Satriya, Kuchipud and Mohiniyattam.}} It originated in a village named [[Kuchipudi, Krishna district|Kuchipudi]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="village">{{cite news|title=‘Art has to be nurtured to sustain’|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/%E2%80%98Art-has-to-be-nurtured-to-sustain%E2%80%99/article16993784.ece|access-date=5 April 2017|work=The Hindu}}</ref> | '''Kuchipudi''' ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|tʃ|i|ˈ|p|uː|d|i}}) is one of the eight major [[Classical Indian dance|Indian classical dances]].{{Sfn|Williams|2004|pp=83-84, the other major classical Indian dances are: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kathakali, Manipuri, Cchau, Satriya, Kuchipud and Mohiniyattam.}} It originated in a village named [[Kuchipudi, Krishna district|Kuchipudi]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="village">{{cite news|title=‘Art has to be nurtured to sustain’|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/%E2%80%98Art-has-to-be-nurtured-to-sustain%E2%80%99/article16993784.ece|access-date=5 April 2017|work=The Hindu}}</ref> | ||
Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of [[Natya Shastra]].<ref name="Varadpande1982p133" />{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|pp=60-68}}{{Sfn|Sunil Kothari|Avinash Pasricha|2001|pp=43-46, 80 footnote 8}} It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.<ref name=lochtefeld376>{{cite book|author=James G. Lochtefeld|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC&pg=PA376 |year=2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8 |pages=376–377 }}</ref> Evidence of Kuchipudi's existence in an older version are found in copper inscriptions of the 10th century, and by the 15th century in texts such as the ''Machupalli Kaifat''.{{Sfn|Reginald Massey|2004|pp=79-81}}{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|pp=67-68}} Kuchipudi tradition holds that Tirtha Narayana Yati – a [[sanyassin]] of [[Advaita Vedanta]] persuasion,<ref name="Krishna Chaitanya 1987 pages.74">Krishna Chaitanya (1987), "Arts of India.", pages.74</ref> and his disciple, an orphan named Siddhendra Yogi, founded and systematized the modern version of Kuchipudi in the 17th century.{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|p=73}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Banham|first=edited by James R. Brandon ; advisory editor, Martin|title=The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre|year=1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=978-0-521-58822-5|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttnH5W9qoBAC |edition=Pbk.}}</ref>{{Sfn|Sunil Kothari|Avinash Pasricha|2001}} Kuchipudi largely developed as a | Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of [[Natya Shastra]].<ref name="Varadpande1982p133" />{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|pp=60-68}}{{Sfn|Sunil Kothari|Avinash Pasricha|2001|pp=43-46, 80 footnote 8}} It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.<ref name=lochtefeld376>{{cite book|author=James G. Lochtefeld|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kl0DYIjUPgC&pg=PA376 |year=2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3179-8 |pages=376–377 }}</ref> Evidence of Kuchipudi's existence in an older version are found in copper inscriptions of the 10th century, and by the 15th century in texts such as the ''Machupalli Kaifat''.{{Sfn|Reginald Massey|2004|pp=79-81}}{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|pp=67-68}} Kuchipudi tradition holds that Tirtha Narayana Yati – a [[sanyassin]] of [[Advaita Vedanta]] persuasion,<ref name="Krishna Chaitanya 1987 pages.74">Krishna Chaitanya (1987), "Arts of India.", pages.74</ref> and his disciple, an orphan named Siddhendra Yogi, founded and systematized the modern version of Kuchipudi in the 17th century.{{Sfn|Ragini Devi|1990|p=73}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Banham|first=edited by James R. Brandon ; advisory editor, Martin|title=The Cambridge guide to Asian theatre|year=1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|isbn=978-0-521-58822-5|page=96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ttnH5W9qoBAC |edition=Pbk.}}</ref>{{Sfn|Sunil Kothari|Avinash Pasricha|2001}} Kuchipudi largely developed as a, Supreme Personality of Godhead, [[Krishna]]-oriented [[Vaishnavism]] tradition,{{Sfn|Farley P. Richmond|Darius L. Swann|Phillip B. Zarrilli|1993|p=173}} and it is known by the name of [[Bhagavata Mela]] in Thanjavur.{{Sfn|Reginald Massey|2004|pp=79-81}} | ||
The traditional Kuchipudi was performed by all males troupe. A dancer in a male role would be in ''Agnivastra'', also known as ''Bagalbandi'', wear a ''dhoti'' (a single pleated piece of cloth hanging down from the waist).<ref name="NettlStone1998p516" /><ref name="Narayan2011p50" /> A dancer in a female role would wear a ''Sari'' with light makeup.<ref name="Narayan2011p50" /> | The traditional Kuchipudi was performed by all males troupe. A dancer in a male role would be in ''Agnivastra'', also known as ''Bagalbandi'', wear a ''dhoti'' (a single pleated piece of cloth hanging down from the waist).<ref name="NettlStone1998p516" /><ref name="Narayan2011p50" /> A dancer in a female role would wear a ''Sari'' with light makeup.<ref name="Narayan2011p50" /> | ||