Which of the following dance forms is performed to Carnatic music?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Kuchipudi.

Key Points

Kuchipudi is known as the eight major Indian classical dances.
It originates from a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra.
Tirtha Narayanayati, a composer of Carnatic music and his orphan disciple Sidhyendra Yogi, a Telugu Brahmin, are accredited for initiating, methodizing and arranging the present day version of Kuchipudi in the 17th century.

Additional Information

Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. It is the classical dance form from Uttar Pradesh.
Odissi, also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India.
Sattriya dance originated in Assam.