Question: Which dance form of Uttar Pradesh has been accorded classical dance status by India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama?
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Performing arts.
Dance of North India too has diverse "folk" and "classical" forms.
Among the well-known folk dances are the "bhangra" of the Punjab, and "rouf" and "bhand pather" of Kashmir.
Main dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological elements, have been accorded classical dance status by India's "National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama" such as kathak" of Uttar Pradesh. 
Indian music ranges over various traditions and regional styles.
Classical music encompasses two genres and their various folk offshoots: the northern Hindustani and southern Carnatic schools.
Regionalised popular forms include filmi and folk music; the syncretic tradition of the "bauls" is a well-known form of the latter.
Indian dance also features diverse folk and classical forms.
Among the better-known folk dances are the "bhangra" of the Punjab, the "bihu" of Assam, the "chhau" of West Bengal and Jharkhand,"Garba" and "Dandiya" of Gujarat, "sambalpuri" of Odisha, "ghoomar" of Rajasthan, and the "lavani" of Maharashtra.
Eight dance forms, many with narrative forms and mythological elements, have been accorded classical dance status by India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama.
These are: "bharatanatyam" of the state of Tamil Nadu, "kathak" of Uttar Pradesh, "kathakali" and "mohiniyattam" of Kerala," kuchipudi" of Andhra Pradesh, "manipuri" of Manipur, "odissi" of Odisha, and the "sattriya" of Assam.
Theatre in India melds music, dance, and improvised or written dialogue.
Often based on Hindu mythology, but also borrowing from medieval romances or social and political events, Indian theatre includes the "bhavai" of Gujarat, the "jatra" of West Bengal, the "nautanki" and "ramlila" of North India, "tamasha" of Maharashtra, "burrakatha" of Andhra Pradesh, "terukkuttu" of Tamil Nadu, and the "yakshagana" of Karnataka.
Performing arts.
India has had a long romance with the art of dance.
"Nātyaśāstra" (Science of Dance) and "Abhinaya Darpana" (Mirror of Gesture) are two surviving Sanskrit documents, both estimated to be between 1700 to 2200 years old.
The Indian art of dance as taught in these ancient books, according to Ragini Devi, is the expression of inner beauty and the divine in man.
It is a deliberate art, nothing is left to chance, each gesture seeks to communicate the ideas, each facial expression the emotions.
Indian dance includes eight classical dance forms, many in narrative forms with mythological elements.
The eight classical forms accorded classical dance status by India's "National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama" are: "bharatanatyam" of the state of Tamil Nadu, "kathak" of Uttar Pradesh, "kathakali" and "mohiniattam" of Kerala, "kuchipudi" of Andhra Pradesh, "yakshagana" of Karnataka, "manipuri" of Manipur, "odissi (orissi)" of the state of Odisha and the "sattriya" of Assam.
In addition to the formal arts of dance, Indian regions have a strong free form, folksy dance tradition.
Some of the folk dances include the "bhangra" of Punjab; the "bihu" of Assam; the zeliang of Nagaland; the "chhau" of Jharkhand; the qauwwalis, birhas and charkulas of Uttar Pradesh; the jat-jatin, nat-natin and saturi of Bihar; the "ghoomar" of Rajasthan; the "dandiya" and "garba" of Gujarat; the kolattam of Andhra Pradesh; the "yakshagana" of Karnataka ; "lavani" of Maharashtra;"Dekhnni" of Goa; Karakattam, Oyilattam, and mayilattam of Tamil Nadu.
Recent developments include adoption of international dance forms particularly in the urban centres of India, and the extension of Indian classical dance arts by the Kerala Christian community, to tell stories from the Bible. 
Uttar Pradesh has produced musicians, including Anup Jalota, Baba Sehgal, Girija Devi, Gopal Shankar Misra, Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Kishan Maharaj, Naushad Ali, Ravi Shankar, Shubha Mudgal, Siddheshwari Devi, Talat Mehmood, and Ustad Bismillah Khan.
The Ghazal singer Begum Akhtar was a native of Uttar Pradesh.
The region's folk heritage includes songs called rasiya (especially popular in Braj), which celebrate the divine love of Radha and Krishna.
Other forms of music are kajari, sohar, qawwali, rasiya, thumri, birha, chaiti, and sawani.
Traditional dance and musical styles are taught at the Bhatkhande Music Institute University in Lucknow, named after the musician Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande.
Kathak, a classical dance form, owes its origin to the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The dance form is connected to classical Hindustani music where the rhythmic nimbleness of the feet is accompanied by the Tabla or Pakhawaj.
Two schools of this dance form, Lucknow gharana and Benares gharana, are situated in Uttar Pradesh. 
National Institute of Kathak Dance, also known as Kathak Kendra, is the premier dance institution for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, and a unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, situated in New Delhi.
Established in 1964, the institution is primarily dedicated to Kathak, though it also offers courses in Hindustani classical music (Vocal) and Pakhawaj.