NATYASASTRA
NATYASASTRA
Natyashastra is the most detail and elaborate of all treatises on dramatic
criticism and acting ever written in any language and is regarded as the oldest
surviving text on stagecraft in the world. Written by the great dramatist of
ancient India, Bharata, Natyashastra is reckoned as the poetics of Indian drama.
Bharata muni in his Natyashastra demonstrates every aspect of Indian drama
whilst covering areas like covers music, stage-design, make up, dance and
virtually every aspect of stagecraft. With its kaleidoscopic approach, with its
wider scope Natyashastra has offered a remarkable dimension to growth and
development of Indian classical music, dance, drama and art. Hence it is
certainly not an overstatement to say that Natyashastra indeed laid the
cornerstone of the fine arts in India. The commentaries on the Natyashastra are
known, dating from the sixth or seventh centuries.
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