Rasa - spirit of performance
It is an essence which culminates into an aesthetically fulfilling experience. Art should be felt by the person with emotion. Unless the audience feels the emotion within them, the message of the act is not conveyed.
Rasa is an essential mental state which has dominant emotional theme of a work of art or the primary feeling that is evoked in the person that views, reads or hears such a work.
Although the concept of Rasa is fundamental to many forms of Indian art including dance, music, musical theater, cinema and literature; the treatment , interpretation, usage and actual performance of a particular rasa differs greatly between different styles and schools of abhinaya and there are huge regional differences even in one style.
The Navrasas (nine rasas) in Indian Art are as follows -
1) Shringara ( erotic or dealing with sexual desire)
2) Hasya (comic)
3) Karuna (sadness or pity)
4) Raudra (anger)
5) Veera (heroism or bravery)
6) Bhayanaka (fear)
7) Bhibhatsa (hatred)
8) Adbhuta (marvelous)
9)Shantha (calmness)
Dancer in the frame : Chandrama Paul
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