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From Mudras to Muscles

From Mudras to Muscles

Barua, Ranjit
Bardhan, Nibedita

Paperback

Physics

ISBN10: 620844425X
ISBN13: 9786208444259
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Aug 20 2025
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From Mudras to Muscles bridges the timeless grace of Indian classical dance with the precision of modern biomechanics. Each mudra holds a story, each step an echo of centuries, yet beneath the grace lies a world of muscles, joints, and breath. This book unites the soul of Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Kathakali, Manipuri, and Sattriya with the clarity of biomechanics-revealing how posture, balance, and movement harmonize art and anatomy. Yoga breathes flexibility, Ayurveda nurtures endurance, and technology preserves fleeting gestures for generations unborn. Motion capture, sensors, and science do not diminish the poetry-they deepen it, ensuring every spin, glance, and gesture flows with purpose and without pain. Beyond the stage, dance becomes therapy, a refuge for the mind, and a thread binding communities. This is a love letter to tradition, a pledge to innovation, and a promise that the dancer's body and spirit will endure-strong, graceful, and eternal.

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