Scripting Dance in Contemporary India

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Art History, Asian, General Art, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
Cover of the book Scripting Dance in Contemporary India by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto, Lexington Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto ISBN: 9781498505529
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: January 7, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
ISBN: 9781498505529
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: January 7, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

As stories of Indian dance’s renaissance span almost a full century, there has emerged a globally dispersed community of Indian dancers, scholars and audiences who are deeply committed to keeping these traditions alive and experimenting with traditional dance languages to grapple with contemporary themes and issues. Scripting Dance in Contemporary India is an edited volume that contributes to this field of Indian dance studies. The book engages with multiple dance forms of India and their representations. The contributions are eclectic, including writings by both scholars and performers who share their experiential knowledge. There are four sections in the book – section I titled, “Representations’ has three chapters that deal with textual representations and illustrations of dance and dancers, and the significance of those representations in the present. Section II titled, “Histories in Process” consists of two chapters that engage with the historiographies of dance forms and suggest that histories are narratives that are continually created. In the third section, “Negotiations”, the four chapters address the different ways in which dance is embedded in society, and the different ways in which the aesthetics of a form has to negotiate with social, economic and political imperatives. The final section, “Other Voices/ Other Bodies” brings voices which are outside the mainstream of dance as ‘serious’ art.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

As stories of Indian dance’s renaissance span almost a full century, there has emerged a globally dispersed community of Indian dancers, scholars and audiences who are deeply committed to keeping these traditions alive and experimenting with traditional dance languages to grapple with contemporary themes and issues. Scripting Dance in Contemporary India is an edited volume that contributes to this field of Indian dance studies. The book engages with multiple dance forms of India and their representations. The contributions are eclectic, including writings by both scholars and performers who share their experiential knowledge. There are four sections in the book – section I titled, “Representations’ has three chapters that deal with textual representations and illustrations of dance and dancers, and the significance of those representations in the present. Section II titled, “Histories in Process” consists of two chapters that engage with the historiographies of dance forms and suggest that histories are narratives that are continually created. In the third section, “Negotiations”, the four chapters address the different ways in which dance is embedded in society, and the different ways in which the aesthetics of a form has to negotiate with social, economic and political imperatives. The final section, “Other Voices/ Other Bodies” brings voices which are outside the mainstream of dance as ‘serious’ art.

More books from Lexington Books

Cover of the book A History of Hollywood’s Outsourcing Debate by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Managing Conflicts in Africa's Democratic Transitions by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Strategic Cooperation by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Governing European Communications by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Jan Hus between Time and Eternity by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Josiah Royce for the Twenty-first Century by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Reconceptualizing Security in the Americas in the Twenty-First Century by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Who Must Die in Rwanda's Genocide? by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Globalization, Gender, and Media by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Narratives of Immigration and Language Loss by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Images for a Generation Doomed by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Israel’s Military Doctrine by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
Cover of the book Engaging the Shoah through the Poetry of Dan Pagis by C. R. Rajendran, Ruchika Sharma, Justine Lemos, Anandi Salinas, Kelli Ling, Sushmita Arunkumar, Kaustvi Sarkar, Veena Basavarajaiah, Divya Venkatesh, Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri, Melwyn Pinto
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy