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Folk Dancing is a simple dance form meant for group performance created for a reason like harvest of food, while classical is for enlightenment. Classical Indian dance is based on Natya Shastra.

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Basically folk dance is a recent movement that values the traditional dances of various peoples. Classical dance is dance that is highly stylized, intended for performance, and usually developed over a long period of time, often from what we today would call folk dances. Generally it is understood that classical dance is developed in the high society circles while folk dances are common people's dances.

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