Mohiniyattam
മോഹിനിയാട്ടം
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Kerala's own classical form. Slower, circular, carried in the torso rather than struck through the limbs.
Kerala's own classical form, and the one closest to home. Mohiniyattam moves in circles and arcs rather than angles, carried through the torso rather than struck through the limbs.
The tempo is slower than anything else here and the sway is continuous — the body rarely comes to the hard stop Bharatanatyam is built around. Learning it after Bharatanatyam means unlearning the instinct to arrive.
— Mohiniyattam — photographs
Stand-in photographs — these are of other forms and are here to hold the layout until Mohiniyattam images replace them.
