... civilizations of the Middle East and India and among the Aboriginal people of America, Australia, and Africa. However, there are limitless types of dances performed in the world today by different societies and cultures but this article focuses on Asian Dancing. Asian classical dances often narrate stories based on mythology, historical events, and legends. There are many different Asian Countries with their unique social and cultural dance out of which Indian classical dance, Japanese "Folk dance" Chinese "Peking Opera" and Indonesian "Court dance" stand out. Indian Classical Dance has its origins in the Natya Shastra. Legend has it that the Gods were 'enacting' their victory over the Asuras, which means "evil" before Lord Brahma who was the Supreme Creator. So realistic was this performance that the Asuras mistook this to be a renewed attack and retaliated. Lord Brahma had to intervene and decreed that such performances should only be ...

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