Natya Shastra is the classic Indian text of theater, acting, dance, music, and gesture. It was written by Bharata Muni in about 400 BC, and is the bible of the contemporary classical Indian dance styles. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Acting is the work of an actor, a person in theatre, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance (from Old French dance, further history unknown) generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression (see also body language) or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide... Military signalmen use hand and body gestures to direct flight operations aboard aircraft carriers. ... Bharata Muni, dated variously 5th century BC to 2nd century BC authored the Indian arts including theater, dance, acting, and music. ... Classical Indian dance is any dance form that is based on Natya Shastra, and currently comprises Bharata Natyam Odissi Mohiniattam Kuchipudi Note that Manipuri is clearly distinct from the above four. ...

Natya Veda as originally composed by Brahma consisted of 36000 shlokas, or verses. Its abridged version by Adibharata contained 12000 verses. There are more than 5000 verses in Natya Shastra, which is a concise version of Natya Veda. Brahma, the Creator, is depicted with four heads, each reciting one of the four Vedas. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The reason for creation of Natya Veda was, as Brahma explains, due to the fact that the Vedic discussion and practice cannot be done by Shudras, so there was a need to create another Veda common to all the four Varnas (castes). Brahma, the Creator, is depicted with four heads, each reciting one of the four Vedas. ... Shudra, or Sudra, is the fourth caste, or varna, in the traditional four-caste division among Indian castes. ... This article is about a city in Bulgaria. ...