Find the odd one out from the given alternatives:

Correct — D.
Rule: classical dance or folk dance.

Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Odissi are classical dances, all on the Sangeet Natak Akademi's list of classical forms.

Kalbelia is a folk dance of Rajasthan, performed by the Kalbelia community → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Bharatnatyam — Bharatnatyam is a classical dance from Tamil Nadu. It sits in the classical group with Kathak and Odissi.
• (b)
  Kathak — Kathak is a classical dance of north India. Picking it as the northern one fails, since Kalbelia comes from Rajasthan.
• (c)
  Odissi — Odissi is a classical dance from Odisha, on the same Sangeet Natak Akademi list as Bharatnatyam and Kathak.

This odd-one-out splits Indian dances into classical and folk. The classical forms are the eight the Sangeet Natak Akademi recognises.

Kalbelia is not among them. It is the folk dance of the Kalbelia, a snake-charmer community of Rajasthan, and its movements recall a serpent's.

Key facts

• The Sangeet Natak Akademi recognises eight classical dances: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, Mohiniyattam, Odissi and Sattriya.
• Kalbelia is a folk dance of Rajasthan, named after the snake-charmer community that performs it.
• Bharatanatyam (printed here as Bharatnatyam) comes from Tamil Nadu, and Odissi from Odisha.

Common traps

• Picking Kathak as the north Indian form, when Kalbelia also comes from Rajasthan
• Treating a famous or UNESCO-listed dance as classical

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