Where did the style of dance of which Aniruddha Knight is an artist originate?
Aniruddha Knight Aniruddha Knight (November 13, 1980) is an artist of South Asian classical dance and music known as Bharatanatyam. He is a 9th-generation descendant of a 200-year-old family of dancers and musicians from southern India. The dances are traditionally performed by women - Knight is unusually the first male of his family to take up this style of dance. His grandmother Balasaraswati was a celebrated and prolific dancer, "Newsweek" said she has been "recognized as the greatest Indian dancer of all time".
Marfa (music) The "Marfa" (Urdu: مرفع‎ ) is a form of celebratory rhythmic music and dance in Hyderabad, India, among the Hyderabadi Muslims, adapted from Afro-Arab music of Hadhramawt in Yemen. played with high tempo using Marfa (instrument) "daff", "Dhol", "sticks", "steel pots" and "wooden strips" called "thapi". The Chorus effects and vocal meter are set according to beats.