what is Mohiniyattam?

Answer 1

it portrays feminine love in its myriad forms - carnal, devotional and maternal-

Answer 2

I am a classical Dancer. I have learnt Indian Classical Dance for 11 years.

Mohiniyattam is the classical dance of Kerala. It is a dance which is performed only by females.

Till some years back for in the Kerala State Level Youth Festival, boys also used to perform the dance. They had to dress up like a girl. But it is open to both the sexes for learning the art form.

Some history - This dance used to be performed in the courts of the kings and the dancer had to serve the king as well. The dance lost its importance, but was revived by a poet named Vallathol and for this purpose he formed an institute called "Kerala Kalamandalam."

Mohiniyattam is a very graceful dance is considered as sobre. The dancer wears a white coloured dress.

Answer 3

Mohiniaattam (also spelled as mohiniattom or mohiniyattam; Malayalam: മോഹിനിയാട്ടം, Sanskrit: मोहिनी आटम्) is a traditional South Indian dance form from Kerala, India. It is a very graceful dance meant to be performed as a solo recital by women. The term Mohiniattam comes from the words "Mohini" meaning a woman who enchants onlookers and "aattam" meaning graceful and sensuous body movements. The word "Mohiniattam" literally means "dance of the enchantress". There are two stories of the Lord Vishnu disguised as a Mohini. In one, he appears as Mohini to lure the asuras (demons) away from the amrita (nectar of immortality) obtained during the churning of the palazhi or Ocean of Milk. In the second story Vishnu appears as Mohini to save Lord Shiva from the demon Bhasmasura. The name Mohiniaattam may have been coined after Lord Vishnu, and the main theme of the dance is love and devotion to God, with usually Vishnu or Krishna being the hero. Devadasis used to perform this in temples. Vallathol the great poet said that Mohiniattom was simplified form of Bharathanatyam. But it also has elements of Koothu and Kottiyattom in it. According to Rajashree Varier, a renouned Mohiniattom artist. it is a drama in dance and verse. She said so in an interviw published in Soorya Festival News published by Soorya Krishnamoorthy.

for more click:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohiniaattam
Or visit following:
kerala.indiantravelporta.../dances/mohiniyattam.html
www.cyberkerala.com/mohiniyattam
www.indianngos.com/issue/.../
mohiniyattam.htm
www.tourismofkerala.com/mohini.html

Answer 4

Answer by dollarbu and namrata are perfect, but namrata seems to have taken the matter from wikipedia. Any way both are best, you can take both answers. There is nothing further to be plied.

Answer 5

this is a keralite dance famous in the world

Answer 6

its mohiniattam .....its a classical dance form of kerala....
for further details go to this undersaid siet...
http://www.tourismofkerala.com/mohini.html