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{{short description|Bengali classical dance tradition}}
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[[Image:GuruMahua.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Bengali classical dance.|Performance of Gaudiya Nritya by [[Mahua Mukherjee]]]]
[[File:Gaudiya nritya mahua.jpg|thumb|upright|Gaudiya Nritya]]
'''Gaudiya Nritya''' ({{lang-bn|গৌড়ীয় নৃত্য, IAST: Gaur̤īẏa Nṛtya}}) or ''Gôuriyo Nrityô'', is a [[Culture of Bengal|Bengali]] dance tradition.<ref name=roma2>Roma Chatterji (2005). [http://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFL/article/view/359/400 Folklore and the Construction of National Tradition]. ''Indian Folklife'' '''19''' (Folklore Abroad: On the Diffusion and Revision of Sociocultural Categories): 9. Accessed January 2014. "a classical dance tradition that has vanished from the urban areas".</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=West Bengal Tourism: Dance |url=http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/dance |publisher=Department of Tourism, Government of West Bengal |year=2011 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021225635/http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/dance |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name=kumu/> It originates from [[Gauḍa (city)|Gauda]], also known as Gaur, in [[Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite book
|title=Gaudiya Nritya
|last=Mukherjee
|first=Mahua
|publisher=The Asiatic Society
|year=2000
|location=Kolkata
|language=bn
}}</ref>

It has been reconstructed by [[Mahua Mukherjee]].<ref name=kumu>{{cite news|first=Kumudha |last=Bharatram |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/dance-of-the-ancients/article1608014.ece |title=Dance of the ancients |newspaper=The Hindu |date=April 9, 2011 |access-date=November 15, 2013}}</ref><ref name=anjana>{{cite news|last=Rajan |first=Anjana |url=http://www.hindu.com/ms/2006/12/26/stories/2006122600040100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108051652/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2006/12/26/stories/2006122600040100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2012|work=[[The Hindu]] |title=The wheel has come full circle|date=December 26, 2006 }}</ref> It is recognised as an [[Indian classical dance]] by [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gaudiya Nritya|url=http://indianculture.gov.in/intangible-cultural-heritage/performing-arts/gaudiya-nritya|access-date=2022-01-25|website=INDIAN CULTURE|language=en}}</ref> not recognized by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] ,but study of it is eligible for scholarships from the [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]] of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/scholarship-to-young-artist.html|title=Scholarship to Young Artistes, 2005|publisher=Ministry of Culture. Government of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021161953/http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/scholarship-to-young-artist.html|archive-date=October 21, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Scholarly reception of the reconstruction ranges from caution to skepticism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Feet forgotten and found|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/gaudiya-nritya-bengals-forsaken-native-dance-form/cid/1816444|access-date=2022-01-25|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref name=utpal>Utpal Kumar Banerjee (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=RdsJAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=mahua+mukherjee ''Indian performing arts: a mosaic'']. New Delhi: Harman Publishing House. {{ISBN|9788186622759}}. p.&nbsp;79: "re-creating Gaudiya Nritya as one of the acceptable classical styles will need a formal framework".</ref><ref name=leela>Leela Venkataraman (2006). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/23005939 Negotiating the Extremes: dance]. ''India International Centre Quarterly'', '''33''' (1): 93-102. {{subscription required}} "one may have reservations about the classical dance repertoire visualised by [Mukherjee]".</ref><ref name=roma>Roma Chatterji (2005). p.&nbsp;9: "Mukherjee tries to reconstitute a Bengali aesthetic within the perspective of pan-Indian civilisation".</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.gaudiyanritya.org/ www.gaudiyanritya.org]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Ys1V9FcIk Video of Gaudiya Nritya performance]

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