Contemporary Indian dance [electronic resource]: creative choreography towards a new language of dance in India and the diaspora / Ketu Katrak
出版項
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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p. cm
附註
Electronic reproduction. Basingstoke, England : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Aug. 30, 2011). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions
Contemporary Indian Dance delineates a new language of dance - multi-layered and multi-vocal - in India and the diaspora. This language unfolds at the intersection of classical Indian dance forms with yoga, pan-Asian dance and martial arts traditions as well as modern and̐Μưpostmodern dance, and theatrical tools that result in hybrid dance creations. Cutting-edge themes - ethnicity, gender and sexuality - are inspired by artists' geographical locations in the global North or South. This study is grounded historically (the revival of Indian dance in early 20th century), and examines̐Μưtoday's phenomena of globalization and diaspora that impact artists in India and worldwide. It includes creative choreography (with over 30 images) from selected artists and̐Μưpioneers that has impact and reverberates in 'an ancestry of gesture' in the work of emerging choreographers. An interdisciplinary and comparative approach makes visible inter-connections among artists in sites as distant and disparate̐Μưas Toronto to Chennai, and London to Los Angeles
List of Illustrations -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Multiple Idioms of Contemporary Indian Dance -- Glossary -- Introduction: Theoretical Frames: Ways of Looking at Contemporary Indian Dance -- Contested Histories of 'Revivals' of Classical Indian Dance and Early Pioneers of Contemporary Indian Dance̐Μư -- Abstract Dance with Rasa: Pioneers Astad Deboo and Shobana Jeyasingh -- Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Choreography by Masters of Traditional Indian Dance and Emerging Artists Innovating in Contemporary Choreography̐Μư -- Hybrid Artists and Transnational Collaborations: Chennai, Toronto, Kuala Lumpur -- Dancing in the Diaspora Part I: North America -- Dancing in the Diaspora Part II: Britain -- Conclusion: Ways of Looking Ahead -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- -- --
Includes index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-245) and index
