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Hippo Dance Inspired by Indian Bharatanatyam Dance

This dance tutorial is inspired by the 125,000 hippo bones which are on display at Leeds City Museum. Join Shrikant Subramaniam of Mimesis for an introduction to Bharatanatyam, a classical dance from the Indian subcontinent.

Learn each move and then put them together as Shrikants takes you through the dance step-by-step , putting it all together at the end.

This video contains subtitles.

Dancer: Shrikant Subramaniam

Video © Leeds Museums and Galleries