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What is an abhinaya?

What is an abhinaya? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (dance) Use of the face and hands, in an expressive manner, similar to the kathakali dance of India.
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While the nritta forms the pure dance steps, abhinaya is where the dancer expresses and experiences the various feelings or bhavas.
The comfort of playing the role that is more or less like you is a very natural way to get into abhinaya.
All of these elements of his training combined to make his abhinaya flawless.
She tries to explain the difference between abhinaya and bhava and rasa in the present volume.
His theatrical background gave him a great miming ability and each time he danced abhinaya he created a vividly imagined world on stage.
He was an incredibly engaging dancer and brilliant choreographer of abhinaya.

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