Which classical dance form is built on the tribhanga, a stance bending the body at neck, waist and knee?

ManipuriCorrect answerYour answerKuchipudiCorrect answerYour answerOdissiCorrect answerYour answerMohiniyattamCorrect answerYour answer

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The tribhanga, or three-bend posture, is the signature of Odissi.
The same stance is carved into the sculpture of the Odisha temples the dance grew alongside, which is the argument for its antiquity.
Odissi was danced in the Jagannath temple at Puri by maharis, and later by boys called gotipuas.

Worth noting

Manipuri is the opposite in character — its movements are rounded and continuous, with none of the sharp angles the tribhanga sets up.

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