Hand gestures are commonly known as Mudras in Odissi dancing. Learn to do Odissi hand gestures from a professional Indian dancer in this free dance lesson video.
Expert: Mala Desai
Contact: www.lotusmusicanddance.org
Bio: Mala Desai is an instructor at Lotus Music and Dance in New York City. She has performed professionally for over 25 years.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller
This wonderful teacher reminds me of the Ballet Mistresses of my Youth.
Seems to me that our dance teachers are the same all over the world! Grand, stern, serious a little intimidating. They are the keepers of the movements of our cultures. We, their humble students, fear them, respect them and love them.
jeanneadele 1 year ago 2
@hugefan222 patacka is a sanskrit word meaning FLAG pathaka - flag, thripataka - three parts of flag amd ardhapathaka is 1/2 part of the flag...hope u got it
kalai45 1 year ago
syedhoq92...r u a mentally retarded? if u don't know about what she is doing just shut ur bloody gap and stop passing stupid comments, well-known among SOME stupid muslims like you......
kalai45 1 year ago
wtf is a patacka???????????
hugefan222 1 year ago
Ummm. That's not exactly how you do it. Tell you what. Go see your parents and ask about the birds and the bees. I know that's hard when you're a 45 year old bald fat man but hey. It's the only way you'll learn. Then come back and make another comment.
Mayortwilleger 2 years ago
Wtf youtube adds really?!?!??! Freakin Really?!???! you were such a great plac and now your being caught up in advertisements, your starting to suck.
labryth1991 2 years ago
yes it was three different directions of the hands.
RromaBoi 2 years ago
Did I hear that right? Does she show three separate kaarttika mudras?
Ilmatar7 2 years ago
I need to learn these so this is helpful.
suvrodatta 3 years ago
Wow, I think it's going to take some time to get these "first" ones down! Cool!
SinoSene 3 years ago