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Traversing Tradition - Celebrating Dance in India (Paperback)
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Traversing Tradition - Celebrating Dance in India (Paperback)
Series: Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific
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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.
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