Chapter 14 of Class 4 Arts Bansuri opens the Dance section with My Body in Dance — exploring Navratri festival rhythms, everyday movements like planting a tree, coordinated head, neck, and eye movements, and expressive animal walks and hand gestures (Hastas for Animals).
What Class 4 Art Chapter 14 Covers
Dance to a Festival Song & Everyday Movements (Activities 14.1 & 14.2) celebrates festivals like Navratri with group dance steps, and turns everyday actions — such as digging soil, sowing a seed, watering, and watching a sapling grow (‘Dance While Planting a Tree’) — into rhythmic movement.
Head, Neck & Eye Movements and Hastas for Animals (Activities 14.3 & 14.4) practises controlled head nods/tilts, neck glides, and eye darts, and learns traditional hand gestures (Hastas / Mudras) and gaits for animals like the deer, lion, elephant, peacock, fish, and hare.
Exercises in Chapter 14
- Hands-on classroom art, theatre, music, and dance activities (Activities & rubrics).
- Cross-art connections with the opening Panchatantra story The Hare and the Lion.
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- Previous: Chapter 13: Sounds and Instruments
- Next: Chapter 15: My Dance Tells Stories
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FAQ
What are ‘Hastas’ (or Mudras) in Indian dance (Activity 14.4)?
Hastas are symbolic hand and finger gestures used in Indian dance to represent animals, birds, nature (like flowers, rivers, and trees), objects, and emotions.
How can you perform a ‘Dance While Planting a Tree’ in Activity 14.2?
By performing each step of planting — digging the earth, placing the sapling, patting the soil, pouring water, and swaying like a growing tree — to a steady 4-beat or 8-beat clap rhythm.