In India, dance has been used both as a vehicle of worship and as an expression of profound emotions, a human being's most subtle states of mind. The Indian dance system is the oldest and most comprehensive in the world. The world's earliest evidence of dance is a bronze figurine of a dancing girlsdiscovered in the 4,000-year old ruin in Mohenjodaro.Bharatanatyam is amongst the oldest of the classical dance forms of India, with a history that goes back more than two thousand years, integrating elements of music, theater, poetry, sculpture, and literature.This multi-dimentional art has come down throught the centuries, as part of a dynamic, vital living tradition, that offers infinite scope for understanding and exploring the body, mind and spirit.
