KUCHIPUDI 

Kuchipudi is one of the classical styles of Indian dance. Kuchipudi is the name of a village in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. It is about 35 km. from Vijayawada. Andhra has a very long tradition of dance-drama which was known under the generic name of Yakshagaana.
To show the dexterity of the dancers in footwork and their control and balance over their bodies.
Techniques like dancing on the rim of a brass plate and with a pitcher full of water on the head was introduced.
Acrobatic dancing became part of the repertoire. By the middle of this century, Kuchipudi fully crystallized as a separate classical solo dance style.
Thus there are now two forms of Kuchipudi; the traditional musical dance-drama and the solo dance.
It is followed by nritta, that is, non-narrative and abstract dancing. Usually jatiswaram is performed as the nritta number. Next is presented a narrative number called shabdam.
One of the favourite traditional shabdam number is the Dashaavataara.
The Shabdam is followed by a natyanumber called Kalaapam. Many Kuchipudi dancers prefer to perform entry of Satyabhama from the traditional dance-drama Bhaamaakalaapam.
The song “bhamane, satyabhamane, the traditionalpraveshadaaru (the song that is rendered at the time of the entry of a character) is so tuneful that its appeal is universal and ever fresh.
Next in the sequence comes a pure nrityaabhinaya number based on literary-cum musical forms like padam, jaavli, shlokam, etc.
In such a number each of the sung words is delineated in space through dance, drishya-kavita (visual poetry).
A Kuchipudi recital is usually concluded with tarangam.
In this the dancer usually stands on a brass plate locking the feet in shakatavadanam paada and moves the plate rhythmically with great dexterity.