scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS ON MENTAL WELLBEING AND DANCE PRACTICE W.S.R TO INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE FORMS

2021 ◽  
Vol 09 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-238
Author(s):  
Nisha Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Mental Activity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Hand Gestures ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Classical Dance ◽  
Indian Classical Dance

Body expresses its existence because of mind that emotes, similarly mind needs body as media for the ex-pression of its existence. Thus, Mind, Body and Spirit coordinate with each other for balancing functionali-ty in humans and promote health. Dance is one of the mediums that bring synchronization or the coordina-tion between them. The neurological, muscular and emotional elements of the body respond to dance in all constructive ways. The article analyzes all those components that help mind and emotions to remain well composed by regular dance practice. The focus or concentration, the mental activity and tolerance, the pa-tience and stability are all brought into the person by practicing dance. In this study special emphasis is giv-en to Indian classical dance forms as it involves both vigorous as well as delicate foot works and it also has vast array of hand gestures to make dancing more interesting and graceful to practice. Keywords: Natya, Nritya, Manas, Satwa, Medha, Harsha, Prana Vata, Sadaka Pitta, Rajasa guna, Tamas, Mano Vijnana

scholarly journals A comparative assessment of flexibility of backline and strength of lower limb in bharatnatyam dancers and non-dancers

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 5431
Author(s):  
Shreya M. Otari ◽  
Anjali Puntambekar
Keyword(s):  
Lower Limb ◽  
Statistical Difference ◽  
The Body ◽  
Classical Dance ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Pelvic Inclination ◽  
Lower Limb Strength ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Left Lower Limb ◽  
Indian Classical Dance

Background: Bharatnatyam is an Indian classical dance form which have been practiced for a long period of time and is equivalent to any sporting activity. The postures attained during this dance form require good amount of muscle strength and flexibility among the dancers. There is lack of research on flexibility of backline and lower limb strength in bharatnatyam dancers. The overall function of the superficial backline is to support the body in full upright extension and impacts musculoskeletal dynamics. The lumbar lordosis angle and the pelvic inclination angle in bharatnatyam dancers is more than the non-dancers which can affect the backline flexibility. This study analysed if there is any difference, in the lower limb strength and flexibility of backline as compared to participants of same age group.Methods: 10 bharatnatyam dancers and 10 non-dancers between 15 to 30 years participated in this study. Triple hop distance test for both sides and toe touch test was used to check the strength of lower limb and flexibility of backline respectively.Results: There was significant difference in the triple hop distance of right lower limb between bharatnataym dancers and non-dancers. There was no significant difference in the triple hop distance of left lower limb between the two groups. There was not quite significant difference in the toe touch test of between the two groups.Conclusions: There was significant difference in the strength and power of right lower limb of dancers as compared to right lower limb of non-dancers. There was no statistical difference in the left lower limb of both the groups. There was no statistical difference between the flexibility of backline of bharatnatyam dancers and non-dancers.

scholarly journals UNIQUE STYLE OF RHYTHMIC LINE DRAWINGS BY K.K. HEBBAR

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1SE) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Archana Rani
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Technical School ◽  
Classical Dance ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Indian Classical Dance ◽  
Unique Style

Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar was born at Kittingiri in the Udupi district of Karnataka. In his childhood he played with clay, and tried to form toys out of it. He also tried to draw with charcoal on the wall of his house the copies of the mythological pictures of Ravi Varma. This inclination towards drawing resulted into his entry in the Chamrajendra Vadiar Technical School for the study of painting. While watching Indian classical dance, he was attracted by the graceful movements of the body and the limbs of the dancer. He expressed in lines on his sketching pad, often without even his looking at the result on paper. His hand started moving automatically, charged with emotion and guided by music. In this process the flow of line was all that mattered.

Study of electrical conductivity of biologically active points on the skin before and after mental activity

Vestnik ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 190-195
Author(s):  
М.С. Кулбаева ◽  
А.Н. Курал ◽  
Л.Б. Умбетьярова ◽  
Н.Т. Аблайханова ◽  
Г.К. Атанбаева ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physiological State ◽  
Mental Activity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Mental Work ◽  
Heart Meridian ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Specific Organ ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Biologically Active Points

Человека давно интересует вопрос о том, как умственная нагрузка влияет на организм. Известно, что при длительной умственной работе преобразуется сила процессов возбуждения и торможения, изменяется соотношение между ними. С возникновением утомления в головном мозгу нарушаются взаимосвязи между корой больших полушарий и подкорковыми образованиями. При этом наблюдается снижение регулирующего влияния больших полушарий на все функции организма и уменьшение активизирующих воздействий подкорковых отделов мозга. Кроме того, длительное сидячие положение, состояние низкой двигательной активности ведут к значительному уменьшению центростремительных импульсов с рецепторов мышц, сухожилий, суставов. В исследовании приняли участие 17 относительно здоровые, имеющие стабильное физиологическое состояние девушек-студенток в возрасте от 21 до 25 лет. Для исследования были взяты 16 биологически активных точек на стандартных меридианах, связаных с определенным органом. Для оценки физиологического состояния органов до и после умственной нагрузки были исследованы показатели ЭП БАТ на коже. Выявлено снижение показателей каждого органа после умственной нагрузки по сравнению с показателями до ее выполнения со статистической достоверностью во всех исследуемых органах (р<0,05). Особенно низкие значения показателей ЭП БАТ после умственной нагрузки были выявлены в биоактивных точках меридиана печени F.3 Тай-Чун, меридиана толстой кишки GI.5 Ян-Си и GI.4 Хэ-Гу, меридиана сердца С.7 Шэнь-Мэнь, меридиана тонкой кишки IG.1 Шао-Цзе и IG.2 Цянь-Гу, меридиана почек R.1 Юн-Цюань и Р.2 Жань-Гу. Humans has long been interested in the question of how mental activity affects the body It is known that with prolonged mental work, the strength of the processes of excitation and inhibition is transformed, the ratio between them changes. With the onset of fatigue in the brain, the relationship between the cerebral cortex and subcortical formations is disrupted. At the same time, there is a decrease in the regulatory influence of the large hemispheres on all body functions and a decrease in the activating effects of the subcortical parts of the brain. In addition, prolonged sitting, a state of low motor activity leads to a significant decrease in centripetal impulses from the receptors of muscles, tendons, and joints. The study involved 17 relatively healthy, stable physiological condition of female students aged 21 to 25 years. For the study, 16 biologically active points were taken from standard meridians associated with a specific organ. To assess the physiological state of the organs before and after the load of mental labor, the indicators of EC BAP on the skin. A decrease in the indicators of each organ after mental labor was revealed in comparison with the indicators before mental labor with statistical reliability in all the studied organs (p˂0.05). Especially low values of the EC BAP values after a load of mental labor were found in the bioactive points of the liver meridian F. 3 Tai-Chun, the colon meridian GI.5 Yang-Si and GI. 4 He-Gu, the heart meridian C. 7 Shen-Men, the small intestine meridian IG.1 Shao-tse and IG.2 Qian-Gu, the meridian of the kidneys R. 1 Yun-Chuan and R. 2 Zhan-Gu.

Survey of Musculoskeletal Injuries among Female Bharatanatyam Dancers in the Udupi District of India

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Lavanya P Kumar ◽  
Shruti J Shenoy
Keyword(s):  
Medical Professional ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Classical Dance ◽  
Dance Training ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Injury Occurrence ◽  
Indian Classical Dance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

BACKGROUND: Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance form that is practiced globally. There is limited information about the prevalence of injuries in Bharatanatyam dancers. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of musculoskeletal injuries and specifics of dance training in female Bharatanatyam dancers in the Udupi district of India. METHODS: We developed and tested a survey for Bharatanatyam dancers regarding injury history in the prior year, including location, time loss, cause, and need for medical help. We also obtained demographic and training information. RESULTS: 101 dancers completed the survey. 10.8% of dancers reported musculoskeletal injuries because of participation in dance. They sustained 0.65 injuries/1,000 hours of dancing. The most frequently injured areas were ankle (27.2%) and knee (27.2%) followed by lower back (13.6%) and hip (9%). Despite being injured, 36.4% of the dancers continued to dance. 54.5% of the injured dancers sought the help of a medical professional for their dance-related injuries. The most common surface for dance was concrete followed by other hard surfaces such as marble and tile. CONCLUSION: Female Bharatanatyam dancers are prone to injuries of the lower extremity and back. Most dancers in our study practice the Pandanalluru style on hard surfaces. There is a need to investigate the impact of training factors on the injury occurrence.

scholarly journals Co-relation of functional mobility with anxiety in traumatic below knee amputees

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 4013-4018
Author(s):  
Lavanya R Ayyer ◽  
◽  
Asmita C Moharkar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Upper Limb ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
The Body ◽  
Functional Mobility ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Limb Amputation ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Institutional Ethics ◽  
Restricted Mobility

Background: Amputation is defined as the surgical removal of one or more parts of the body. It causes great stress to the physical and mental wellbeing of an individual. The incidence of lower limb amputation is greater as compared to upper limb amputation. Also lower limb amputees experience more restricted mobility than upper limb amputee patients. Rehabilitation is an important to the recovery of an amputee. In cases of planned amputation, rehabilitation starts before the surgery. It involves physiotherapy, occupational therapy and recreational training. There is little to no studies on the co-relation of anxiety with functional mobility in amputees. This study focusses on the same. Context and purpose: Amputation causes restricted mobility and decreased quality of life. A study on the relation between anxiety and mobility will indicate a different outlook of a holistic approach while treating mobility issues in below knee amputees. Materials and methods: This is a one group co-relational study design. Study was conducted after taking approval from the institutional ethics committee and all the subjects gave their written informed consent. The study was conducted at Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pune. Result: Statistical analysis of the data was done using the Pearson’s co-relation co-efficient and a co-relation was found between anxiety and functional mobility in below knee amputee patients. Conclusion: There is a co-relation between functional mobility and anxiety. Patients with anxiety showed a reduced performance on the functional mobility scale than the patients without anxiety. KEY WORDS: Amputation, Anxiety, below knee amputation, functional mobility, rehabilitation.

scholarly journals Indian Classical Dance Classification with Adaboost Multiclass Classifier on Multifeature Fusion

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. V. V. Kumar ◽  
P. V. V. Kishore ◽  
D. Anil Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Feature Fusion ◽  
Discrete Wavelet ◽  
Classical Dance ◽  
Video Frames ◽  
Shape Signature ◽  
Human Movements ◽  
Hu Moments ◽  
Interesting Task ◽  
Indian Classical Dance ◽  
Multiclass Classifier

Extracting and recognizing complex human movements from unconstraint online video sequence is an interesting task. In this paper the complicated problem from the class is approached using unconstraint video sequences belonging to Indian classical dance forms. A new segmentation model is developed using discrete wavelet transform and local binary pattern (LBP) features for segmentation. A 2D point cloud is created from the local human shape changes in subsequent video frames. The classifier is fed with 5 types of features calculated from Zernike moments, Hu moments, shape signature, LBP features, and Haar features. We also explore multiple feature fusion models with early fusion during segmentation stage and late fusion after segmentation for improving the classification process. The extracted features input the Adaboost multiclass classifier with labels from the corresponding song (tala). We test the classifier on online dance videos and on an Indian classical dance dataset prepared in our lab. The algorithms were tested for accuracy and correctness in identifying the dance postures.

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