The Dancing Body and Emotions

Class 7 · Arts

4 ideas in Class 7 Arts, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.

Dance and Sculpture

Part of: Dance and feelings

Ancient texts bind dance, painting and sculpture: no painting laws without dance, no sculpture without painting. Gupta age temples from Chidambaram to Elephanta freeze dance in stone.

Why it matters. Arts illuminate each other across centuries.

Try it in two minutes

Retell the three-art chain.
Name four temples.
Pose one sculpture stance.

Try at home. Sketch a dance pose.

Body Geometry

Part of: Dance and feelings

Postures draw triangles, circles and lines. Five torso bends, five knee bends and square feet stances shape balanced dance.

Why it matters. Geometry makes movements beautiful.

Try it in two minutes

Bend into three shapes.
Try two knee bends.
Stand one square stance.

Try at home. Mirror dance angles.

Hastas

Part of: Dance and feelings

Asamyuta gestures use one hand like Pataka; Samyuta use both like Anjali. Temple sculptures show hastas adding beauty and wordless emotion.

Why it matters. Hands speak where words stop.

Try it in two minutes

Show three single hastas.
Show three double hastas.
Emote without words.

Try at home. Invent one new hasta.

Nine Rasas

Part of: Dance and feelings

Natyashastra lists eight rasas; shanta joined ninth later. Flowers scent love, squirrels spark mirth, felled trees grieve, protests brave, snakes frighten, decay disgusts, beauty wonders, peace calms.

Why it matters. Named feelings deepen expression.

Try it in two minutes

Name nine rasas.
Match six nature scenes.
Enact three rasas.

Try at home. Play the two-bowl game.

What your child will practise

Body Geometry: Candy Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
Body Geometry: Jungle Quest (Flip and Match)
Dance and Sculpture: Mission Control Quest (Match It Up)
Hastas: Explorer'S Map Sort (Sort It Out)
Nine Rasas: Desert Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)

Quiz: Body Geometry (8 questions)
Quiz: Dance and Sculpture (8 questions)
Quiz: Hastas (8 questions)
Quiz: Nine Rasas (8 questions)

The Dancing Body and Emotions

Class 7 · Arts

4 ideas in Class 7 Arts, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.

Dance and Sculpture

Part of: Dance and feelings

Ancient texts bind dance, painting and sculpture: no painting laws without dance, no sculpture without painting. Gupta age temples from Chidambaram to Elephanta freeze dance in stone.

Why it matters. Arts illuminate each other across centuries.

Try it in two minutes

Retell the three-art chain.
Name four temples.
Pose one sculpture stance.

Try at home. Sketch a dance pose.

Body Geometry

Part of: Dance and feelings

Postures draw triangles, circles and lines. Five torso bends, five knee bends and square feet stances shape balanced dance.

Why it matters. Geometry makes movements beautiful.

Try it in two minutes

Bend into three shapes.
Try two knee bends.
Stand one square stance.

Try at home. Mirror dance angles.

Hastas

Part of: Dance and feelings

Asamyuta gestures use one hand like Pataka; Samyuta use both like Anjali. Temple sculptures show hastas adding beauty and wordless emotion.

Why it matters. Hands speak where words stop.

Try it in two minutes

Show three single hastas.
Show three double hastas.
Emote without words.

Try at home. Invent one new hasta.

Nine Rasas

Part of: Dance and feelings

Why it matters. Named feelings deepen expression.

Try it in two minutes

Name nine rasas.
Match six nature scenes.
Enact three rasas.

Try at home. Play the two-bowl game.

What your child will practise

Body Geometry: Candy Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
Body Geometry: Jungle Quest (Flip and Match)
Dance and Sculpture: Mission Control Quest (Match It Up)
Hastas: Explorer'S Map Sort (Sort It Out)
Nine Rasas: Desert Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)

Quiz: Body Geometry (8 questions)
Quiz: Dance and Sculpture (8 questions)
Quiz: Hastas (8 questions)
Quiz: Nine Rasas (8 questions)