Gaudiya Nritya ( bn, গৌড়ীয় নৃত্য, IAST: Gaur̤īẏa Nṛtya) or ''Gôur̤īyo Nrityô'', is a

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dance tradition.Roma Chatterji (2005)
Folklore and the Construction of National Tradition
''Indian Folklife'' 19 (Folklore Abroad: On the Diffusion and Revision of Sociocultural Categories): 9. Accessed January 2014. "a classical dance tradition that has vanished from the urban areas". It originates from Gauda, also known as Gaur, in

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. It has been reconstructed by

Mahua Mukherjee Mahua Mukherjee is an exponent of the Indian classical dance form Gaudiya Nritya. She is a researcher and teacher at Rabindra Bharati University and Dean of the faculty of fine arts . Along with her husband Amitava Mukherjee, she has been revi ...

. It is recognised as an Indian classical dance by

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, not recognized by

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,but study of it is eligible for scholarships from the

of India. Scholarly reception of the reconstruction ranges from caution to skepticism.Utpal Kumar Banerjee (2006)
''Indian performing arts: a mosaic''
New Delhi: Harman Publishing House. . p. 79: "re-creating Gaudiya Nritya as one of the acceptable classical styles will need a formal framework".Leela Venkataraman (2006)
Negotiating the Extremes: dance
''India International Centre Quarterly'', 33 (1): 93-102. "one may have reservations about the classical dance repertoire visualised by ukherjee.Roma Chatterji (2005). p. 9: "Mukherjee tries to reconstitute a Bengali aesthetic within the perspective of pan-Indian civilisation".

References

External links

www.gaudiyanritya.org

Video of Gaudiya Nritya performance
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