AHSEC 1st Year Syllabus 2024-25 Satriya Dance

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SATRIYA DANCE
SYLLABUS FOR HIGHER SECONDARY COURSE
Objectives :
 To acquire knowledge of cultural heritage of Assam with special reference to Sattriya Dance - a
major component of Assamese culture.
 To take interest and develop proper attitude towards study of Sattriya Dance which, Inter-alia,
would provide Job opportunity to the learner practitioner.
 To provide facility for those students who might not opt for other general or vocational subjects.
 To acquire proficiency in this lesser known art form of Assam with a view to providing facility for
broader exposure of Sattriya Dance.
 To attract the younger generation to keep themselves engaged in the pursuit of finer art forms like
Dance and music so as to avert their attention from being a strayed in the social set up.
 To introduce as one of the subjects to serve the purpose of extra curricular activities.

Unitwise Distribution of Marks & Periods : (Theory : 30; Practical : 70)

One Paper Time : Two hours Marks : 30

Unit Topics Marks Periods
Unit-1 Tradition of dances in Assam Origin and development
of Sattriya Dance 06 06
Unit-2 Life and contribution of Sankardeva and Madhavdeva
to the Society and Culture of Assam. 05 06
Unit-3 Concept of Nritta, Nritya, Natya, Anga,Pratyanga, Upanga,
Hasta, Taal, Laya, Gaaman,Ghat, Bhangima, Chok and
Matiakhara. 10 14
Unit-4 Introduction to the following : Natya-Sastra,
Abhinaya-darpana, Sangit Ratnakara and Hastamuktawali. 04 10
Unit-5 Bhatkhande notation system for writing of the following
taals.Thukoni-taal, Suta-taal, Ek-taal, Dharamjauti-taal and
Chutkala taal. 05 14
Total : 30 50

Unit-1 : Dance tradition of Assam will mean different forms of Dances like :Oja-pali. Devadasi or
Nati. Putala nac and some major folk dances of Assam. These are to be studied from the
historical point of view only. The origin at Sattriya Dance will include the knowledge of its
orginator i.e. Mahapurusa Sankardeva, his first show “Chihna-yatra” and his other dramatic
works as a seed-bed of Sattriya Dance.

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In the part of the development of Sattriya Dance, following topics are to be studied :
(a) Dances of Angkiya-bhaona.
(b) Independent dance number introduced by Madhavadeva and other Gurus, number of different
dance forms under different independent Sattriya Dances introduced by Sri Madhabdeva
and subsequent Gurus.
(c) Contribution of Satras towards its efflorescence of Fine Arts.
(d) Justification of the name “Sattriya Dance”.
(e) Introduction of new repertoire is to be given.
Unit-2 : Prime importance should be on the life sketch of Sankardeva as fountain head of Sattriya
Dance, his Dramatic writings, his compositions including Borgeets and plays, his other activities
for Socio-Cultural upliftment in the context of forming greater Assamese society. Madhavadeva
as a chief apostle of Sankardeva play wright, poet, composter, lyricist and initiator of
independent dance number.
Unit 3 : Definition with proper example is essential.
Unit-4 : Name of author, period of composition and major topics dealt in these works.
Unit-5 : Competency in Bhatkhande system of writings of the given taals.

SYLLABUS FOR SATTRIYA DANCE PRACTICAL
Total Marks : 70
Unitwise Distribution of Marks & Periods : Marks Periods

Unit-1 : Mati-akhara 15 25
Unit-2 : Dance 40 65
Unit-3 : Hasta-karana 05 15
Unit-4 : Pada-karana 05 15
Unit-5 : Taal 05 20
Total 70 140

Marks
Unit-1 : Mati-akhara : 15
Kacha-bandha fl¡±Â√-¬ı±g
Kacha-bandh-di-khacaka fl¡±Â√-¬ı±g-ø√-‡Â√fl¡±
Ora (purus-ora and prakriti-ora) ›1± [¬Û≈1n∏¯∏-›1± ’±1n∏ õ∂fl‘¡øÓ¬-›1±]
Har-bhanga ˝√√±Î¬ˇ-ˆ¬e±
Pacala-tola ¬ÛÂ√˘±-ŒÓ¬±˘±

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Pani-hicha ¬Û±Úœ-ø¸“‰¬±
Hat-salowa ˝√√±Ó¬-¸À˘±ª±
Hat-pakowa ˝√√±Ó¬-¬ÛÀfl¡±ª±
Pada-calana ¬Û√-‰¬±˘Ú±
Citika øÂ√øȬfl¡±
Chata (ora-baha-, kati-, utha-samukhalai) Â√Ȭ± [›1±-, ¬ı˝√√±-, fl¡±øȬ-, ά◊ͬ±-, ¸ij≈‡Õ˘]
Jalak Ê√˘fl¡
Muruka (Thiya-, baha-) ˜≈1n∏fl¡± [øÔ˚˛-, ¬ı˝√√±-]
Pak (purus-, prakriti-, sari-, akal, tukura-, pithi-) ¬Û±fl¡ [¬Û≈1n∏¯∏-, õ∂fl‘¡øÓ¬-, ˙±1œ-, ’±fl¡˘-,È≈¬fl≈¡1±-, ø¬Ûøͬ-]
Bagh-jap ¬ı±‚-Ê√±¬Û
Gerowa-chowa Œ·1n∏ª±-Œ‰¬±ª±
Athuwa ’“±Í≈¬ª±
Chatrawali ‰¬S±ª˘œ
Sinha-jalak ø¸—˝√√-Ê√˘fl¡
Hat-bhari-calana ˝√√±Ó¬-ˆ¬ø1-‰¬±˘Ú±
Lan (athu-, thiya-, kati-, udha-) ˘Úƒ [’“±Í≈¬, øÔ˚˛, fl¡±øȬ, ά◊Ò±]
Buku-chowa ¬ı≈fl≈¡-‰≈¬ª±
Unit-2 : Dance : Marks : 40
Krishna-nac (Lawanucuri) fl‘¡¯û Ú±‰¬ [˘ªÚ≈‰≈¬ø1]
Gosai-nac Œ·±¸“±˝◊√ Ú±‰¬
Gopi-nac Œ·±¬Ûœ Ú±‰¬
Jhumura-nac (Ram-dani and gitar nac) Á≈¡˜≈1± Ú±‰¬ [1±˜-√±Úœ ’±1n∏ ·œÓ¬1 Ú±‰¬]
Nadu-bhangi (Ram-dani) Ú±≈√-ˆ¬eœ [1±˜-√±Úœ]
Unit-3 : Hasta-karana : Marks : 05
Avestita Udvestita, Vyavartita and Parivartita
Unit-4 :Pada-karana : ¬Û√fl¡1Ì Marks : 05
Sama, Ancita, Kuncita, Agratala-sancara-, Udghatita
¸˜, ’ø=Ó¬±, fl‘¡ø¯ûÓ¬±, ’¢∂Ó¬˘-¸=±1, ά◊»‚øȬӬ±
Unit-5 :Tall : Marks : 05
Thukani-, Cuta-, Ek-, Dharamjauti-
Í≈¬fl¡øÚ, ‰≈¬È¬œ, ¤fl¡, Ò1˜˚øÓ¬

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REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Tradition and Style ; Maheswar Neog
2. Sattriya Nritya Aru Sattriya Nrityar Taal : Maheswar Neog and Keshab Changkakati.
3. Guru-carit-katha (Adi-bhag) : Keshavananda Deva Goswami.
4. Sattriya Nrityar- Abhas : Ghanakanta Borah.
5. Sattriya Nrityar Katha : Dr. Jagannath Mahanta.Edited by Pradip Jyoti Mahanta.
6. Sattriya Nrityar Prarambhik Gyan : Jatin Goswami.
7. Satriya Nrityar Rup Darsan : Karuna Bora.
8. Sattriya Nrityar Hasta : Dr. Jagannath Mahanta.
9. Khol Bigyan : Dilip Ranjan Borthakur

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