Are Bharatnatyam & Kuchi Pudi native dances of India?

Answer 1

Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form originating from Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India.

Kuchipudi is a classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh, a state of South India. Kuchipudi is the name of a small village in the Divi Taluq of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal.

for more details please visit -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharatnatyam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchipudi

Answer 2

Yes Bharatnatyam and Kuchi Pudi are native dances of India. Bharatnatyam is originated from Tamil nadu whereas Kuchi Pudi is from Andhrapradesh.

Answer 3

Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form originating from Tamil Nadu, a state in Southern India. This popular Tamil dance form called Bharatanatyam is a 20th century reconnstruction of Cathir, the art of temple dancers. Cathir in turn, is derived from ancient dance forms. The word Bharata, some believe, signifies the author of the famous Sanskrit treatise on stagecraft, called NatyaShastra, and the word Bharatanatyam is sometimes given a folk etymology as follows:Bha for Bhava or abhinaya and expression, Ra for raga or melody, and Ta for tala or rhythm.

Kuchipudi is a classical dance form from Andhra Pradesh, a state of South India. Kuchipudi is the name of a small village in the Divi Taluq of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal and with resident Brahmins practising this traditional dance form, it acquired the present name.

Answer 4

Bharathanatyam and Kuchipudi are among the many dance forms in India.

Bharathanatyam is a classical dance form originated from Tamilnadu, was also earlier known as Dasiattam & Thanjavur Natyam.

Kuchipudi originated from Kuchelapuri or Kuchelapuram in Andhra Pradesh.

You could get more info on the dances on these links:
http://www.tamilnadutourism.org/finearts/dance/BharataNatyam.aspx?catid=C4&subcat1id=C4S1&subcat2id=C4S1S1&sm=C4S1S1
http://dances.iloveindia.com/classical-dances/kuchipudi.html
http://dances.iloveindia.com/classical-dances/bharatanatyam.html

Answer 5

s.. bharathnatyam is from Tamil Nadu & kuchi pudi is from Andhra Pradesh.. they are named so because...Bharat muni wrote natya shastra from which bharathnatyam is thought. kuchi Pudi is the name of the place of A.P.where its first thought.both type of classical dances are very famous.

Answer 6

yes bhratnatyam&kuchipudi are the native dances of india