Need of understanding the lyrics and psych of the character while presenting NĀṭYA or NṛTYA

Classical dances have esteem honor because it is ancient and follows “Sastra”. That is why the classical dance forms come under the category of “Nibadda”, which means bind by a set of rules. when anyone performing these” Śāstriya Nṛtya”or the  nine Indian classical dance forms, they have to follow the sutras that are laid down in the sastras those tradition follows especially the Nāṭya śāstra. So, every classical dancer must have the thorough knowledge of this great text which reveals the rules pertaining to the performance of Drama- called Natya. So far Indian government has recognized eight dance traditions and gave the stature of “Indian Classical Dance”. They are Kuchipudi, Kathak, Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Odissi, Mohiniattam, and Sattriya. Though all these tradition are classical, there are great differences between each one as they originated from different places of India. Mainly the language and costumes make a lot of difference. Kuchipudi from Telugu land Andhra Pradesh, Kathak from Northern part of India, the language is Hindi, Kathakali and Mohiniattam from Kerala, the language is Malayalam (Manipravalam- a mixture of Sanskrit & Malayalam), Bharatanatyam from Tamil Nadu, language Tamil, Manipuri from Manipur, Odissi from Orissa and Satriya from Assam, language Assami. Among these eight Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Sattriya still performs in Natya tradition, whereas Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Manipuri, Mohiniattam and Odissi belongs to Nrtya tradition. As Bharata said “loka vṛthānukaraṇaṁ nāṭyaṁ /”, a dancer presents the story that happened in the world. So to do the full justification to the performance it is very important to understand the meaning of the song and the psyche of the character that is going to present on the stage.