The history of Indian dance has not been as glorious as its origin. Dances started in Hindu temples. Those were the dances composed specially to be performed by Devdasi to please and serve the different deities. Later various powerful kings desired to have dance performances in their courts. For this they offered such huge amount f money that could not be refused by the middle class guru and dancers. So one from temples to court, the dances were more of an entertainment than a form of art. The deterioration thus began. Very few kept the tradition of honest learning alive.

Gradually the number of true worshippers of art lessened further and the simple Devdasi, who became court dancer, now came forward as ?autch girls? They were ere performers with or without formal training. The main objective was to entertain the male audience with more of a body movement than with graceful and artistic gestures of classical dance. By the end of the nineteenth century, a complete darkness fell on the Indian classical dances. It was not to be performed by any girl or boy who belonged to a prestigious family. After the first quarter of the twentieth century the famous Bengali writer, artist and philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore introduced a graceful form of dance based on his own music. It was slow, full of emotions and very charming.

This was the beginning of a new and more prestigious era for this performing art called dance that was labeled as a profession of lower class girls in the previous century. This period is also known as the renaissance period of Indian classical dance. From that time till date, a number of good dancers have emerged from reputed families in India. They have dedicated all their lives in learning, researching and creating various forms of dances based on the age-old set of rules made by the great writer of Natya Shastra, Bharat Muni.