UPMSP Intermediate Dance case studies
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UPMSP Intermediate Dance is a Class 12 subject taken under the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Prayagraj, the board that conducts the High School and Intermediate examinations for schools across Uttar Pradesh. Candidates normally reach it after advance registration in Class 9 or 11 and then institutional (regular) or individual (private) registration for the examination year; both processes run online through upmsp.edu.in. The UPMSP Intermediate Dance case studies are 5 cases and about 3,683 words.
1Viraha That Reads as Karuna: Re-anchoring the Sthayi Bhava
A candidate performs a four-minute abhinaya piece on a thumri in which Radha waits through the night for Krishna. Her own reading is shringara in vipralambha (separation).
713 words, about 4 min2Jaipur or Lucknow: Defending a Gharana Attribution in Three Minutes
A candidate has three minutes of viva to present one gharana-identification argument. Her index card describes a composition she has learned: a purely nritta tukda in teentaal built almost entirely from pakhawaj bols - dha, dhi, na, ta, ghe, ghena, tirakita - with a jati-like passage of repeated bol patterns, no gat-bhava, no bhava ang, no thumri or pada.
728 words, about 4 min3The Tihai That Misses Sam by Two Matras
A Kathak candidate has a 12-minute Intermediate practical slot - 8 minutes of performance, 4 minutes of viva - and has set her lehra for teentaal (16 matras, vibhags 4+4+4+4, tali on 1, 5 and 13, khali on 9) at 60 bpm, so one avartan lasts 16 seconds. Her closing tihai is built from three identical five-matran phrases and she begins it on sam.
630 words, about 3 min4Six Minutes on the Clock, Eight Forty of Material
A candidate's practical slot is six minutes on the timetable: about 30 seconds to take position and be acknowledged, leaving 5 minutes 30 seconds of performing. She has five prepared items: mangalacharan 1:30; a gat-bhava on Krishna 2:00; a teentaal tukda with tihai 1:40; a padam/thumri abhinaya 2:30; and a tarana 1:00 - total 8:40.
799 words, about 4 min5The Ankle Band Snaps at Matra Nine
Forty seconds into a three-minute teentaal nritta piece, the right ankle band of a candidate's ghungroo (about 100 bells per foot) snaps. The bells stay on her foot but the loose strap trails near the heel on a polished marble stage.
813 words, about 4 min