- @Amrapali #img-anno http://www.danceclassonline.in/images/odissi2.jpg {u'shapes': [{u'geometry': {u'y': 0.037142857142857144, u'x': 0.949671772428884, u'width': 0.03063457330415753, u'height': 0.028571428571428567}, u'type': u'rect'}], u'src': u'http://www.danceclassonline.in/images/odissi2.jpg', u'context': u'http://testapp.swtr.us/annotate?where=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTcExQJ1zCf0ZVPa41vxwoskhSFSwaXsZ_yfYFxParBVck2eJf', u'comment': u'Odissi is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates from the state of Odisha, in eastern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences. The classic treatise of Indian dance, Natya Shastra, refers to it as Odra-Magadhi. First century BCE bas-reliefs in the hills of Udaygiri (near Bhubaneshwar) testify to its antiquity. It was suppressed under the British raj but has been reconstructed since India gained independence.\n\nIt is particularly distinguished from other classical Indian dance forms by the importance it places upon the tribhangi (literally: three parts break), the independent movement of head, chest and pelvis, and upon the basic square stance known as chauka.\n\n'} created: Fri, 05 Sep 2014, 10:13 PM UTC