Bharatanatyam is an ancient classical dance of Tamilnadu, India. Moving each part of the body, relevant emoting with every part of the face, showing appropriate gestures with hands, and perfect footwork adhering to talam are quintessence of Bharathanatyam.
The dance is a combination of Nritta that relates to rhythmic movements, Nritya that focusses on dance filled with abhinaya and Natya that refers to drama.