Chapter 17 of Class 4 Arts Bansuri (Dance), Emotion and Expression in Dance, explores the saying ‘Face is the index of your mind’ — guiding students to translate everyday feelings and emojis into full-body dance expressions and enact Animal Emotions.
What Class 4 Art Chapter 17 Covers
Face Is the Index of the Mind — Expressing Emotions in Dance (Activity 17.1) observes how feelings (joy, surprise, sadness, fear, anger, pride, calmness) show up on the face and combines facial expressions with footsteps, arm movements, and hastas to dance everyday situations.
Animal Emotions in the Jungle (Activity 17.2) combines animal walks and hastas with emotional expression — such as a frightened deer escaping a predator, a joyful peacock dancing in the monsoon rain, or the angry lion roaring at the well.
Exercises in Chapter 17
- 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 16: Creating My Dance
- Next: Chapter 18: Dances Around Me
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FAQ
What does the phrase ‘Face is the index of your mind’ mean in dance?
It means that whatever emotion or thought we feel inside our mind naturally reflects on our face — through our eyes, eyebrows, and smile — allowing a dancer to communicate feelings clearly to the audience.
How do students combine movements in Activity 17.2 ‘Animal Emotions’?
They combine the body posture and hand mudra (hasta) of an animal with a specific facial emotion — such as a happy rabbit hopping in a meadow or a scared bird protecting its nest.