Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India (Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific)

Synopsis

Dance occupies a prestigious place in Indian performing arts, yet it curiously, to a large extent, has remained outside the arena of academic discourse. This book documents and celebrates the emergence of contemporary dance practice in India. Incorporating a multidisciplinary approach, it includes contributions from scholars, writers and commentators as well as short essays and interviews with Indian artists and performers; the latter add personal perspectives and insights to the broad themes discussed. Young Indian dance artists are courageously charting out new trajectories in dance, diverging from the time-worn paths of tradition. The classical forms of Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Odissi and Manipuri, to name a few, are rich resources for choreographers exploring contemporary dance. This volume speaks about their struggles of working within and outside tradition as they grapple with national and international audience expectations as well as their own values and sense of identity. The artists represented here continue to question the uneasy relationship that exists between the insular world of dance and outside reality. Simultaneously, they are actively creating new dance languages that are both articulate in a performative context and demand examination by researchers and critics.

Copyright:

2011

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

320 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781136703782

Related ISBNs:

9781138662889, 9780203813966, 9780415617093

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/14/23

Copyrighted By:

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi and Stephanie Burridge

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Drama, Plays and Theater

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

Edited by:

Stephanie Burridge