Contemporary Indian Dance : New Creative Choreography in India and the Diaspora / by K. Katrak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katrak, Ketu H.

Series:

Studies in International Performance, 2947-4957

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance.

Performing arts.

Theater.

Ethnology--Asia.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Arts.

Asia--History.

Asia.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

Asian Culture.

Asian History.

Local Subjects:

Dance.

Theatre and Performance Arts.

Asian Culture.

Arts.

Asian History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through discussion of a dazzling array of artists in India and the diaspora, this book delineates a new language of dance on the global stage. Myriad movement vocabularies intersect the dancers' creative landscape, while cutting-edge creative choreography parodies gender and cultural stereotypes, and represents social issues.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Frontispiece; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Glossary; Preface: Multiple Idioms of Contemporary Indian Dance; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Contested Histories: ""Revivals"" of Classical Indian Dance and Early Pioneers of Contemporary Indian Dance; 2 Abstract Dance with Rasa: Pioneers Astad Deboo and Shobana Jeyasingh; 3 Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Choreography by Masters of Traditional Indian Dance and Emerging Innovators; 4 Hybrid Artists and Transnational Collaborations: Chennai, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur; 5 Dancing in the Diaspora Part I: North America

6 Dancing in the Diaspora Part II: BritainConclusion: Ways of Looking Ahead; Notes; A Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613266682

9781283266680

1283266687

9780230321809

0230321801

9780230321816

023032181X

OCLC:

751695980