Contemporary Indian Dance [electronic resource] : New Creative Choreography in India and the Diaspora /
Katrak, K.author.
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.
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
Includes index.
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.
Dance.
Performing arts.
Ethnology—Asia.
Arts.
Asia—History.
Dance.
Performing Arts.
Asian Culture.
Arts.
Asian History.