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Bharatha Natyam the Dance of India: Demystified for Global Audience

Author : Jayanthi Raman

Publisher : Rasika

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 15,3 MB

Release : 2015-04

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781634528009

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Bharatha Natyam The Dance of India: Demystified for Global Audience provides an overview and explanation of Indian dance for the uninitiated, specifically about the popular classical dance from South India, Bharatha Natyam. This is a thorough book, which has material from the ancient texts on dance simplified for easy understanding. The history, mythology, music system, and rhythmic structure, give the readers a synopsis to understand and appreciate the art. Ranging from topics such as the introduction to the ancient classical dance form of India, the book covers wide range of topics such as the history, mythology, literary works on dance, the concert repertoire, the costumes and jewelry, and the cultural content of the art form in a comprehensive manner which is valuable for readers as an introductory book on this art as well as students and practitioners of the dance. The experiences of the author learning dance in India, teaching dance in the United States and the connect between cultures is presented. A comprehensive book for lay public as well as students and practitioners of any genre of dance.



Bharatha Natyam the Dance of India: Grammar and Technique

Author : Jayanthi Raman

Publisher : Rasika

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,4 MB

Release : 2015-04

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9781634528016

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Bharatha Natyam The Dance of India: Grammar and Technique is a book for all dance students, specifically those learning the popular classical dance from South India, Bharatha Natyam. This is a thorough book, which has material from the ancient texts on dance simplified and even tabulated for easy understanding. The in-depth explanations of music, theater and dance, the technical details of dance including pure dance and expressive elements of dance, adavu units of dance, hand gestures, detailed movements of the body based on the codified rules stated in the dance treatise the Natya Sastra are explained in simple language. The experiences of the author having to market her art and artistic career in US, advice to emerging artists, the creative and technical aspects of dance choreography are also detailed from her personal experience. The book has over 600 full color photographs that help in understanding the technical nuances. A comprehensive book that is valuable guide for students and practitioners of Bharatha Natyam or learning Indian dance as part of world dance.



South Asians in the Diaspora

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 556 pages

File Size : 11,52 MB

Release : 2018-08-14

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9047401409

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This volume deals with a phenomenon of increasing global significance, the South Asian diaspora. In particular it deals with the role of religion. The diversity of religious life in South Asia is remarkable and much of this diversity is replicated in the diaspora communities around the world. The case studies in this book explore and analyse the social, religious and cultural reality of people in the diaspora belonging to Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism and originating from four of the South Asian nation states (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka). The book highlights the religious diversity that exists in the diaspora communities both across the traditions and within the particular religions.



This is How We Dance Now!

Author : Pallabi Chakravorty

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : 255 pages

File Size : 31,86 MB

Release : 2017-10-03

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0199091552

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This book is the first scholarly study of Indian dance reality shows and the attendant celebrity culture. It presents an ethnographic and behind-the-scenes study of the lives of reality show dancers and choreographers in obscure and well-known corners of Mumbai and Kolkata. The dancers’ classes, rehearsals, aspirations, and voices—which are often hidden from public gaze—are explored in detail, along with the themes of subjectivity, media-embodiment, pedagogy, gender identity, and social mobility. These explorations are framed by new and original intersections of ideas from the fields of anthropology, dance studies, philosophy, media studies, gender studies, and postcolonial theory. The author offers fascinating, multi-layered analyses into cosmopolitan modernity and the changing visual culture of liberalizing India. Using the lens of dance and dancers, this book offers deep insights into some of the most profound changes taking place in Indian culture today.



Balasaraswati

Author : Douglas M. Knight

Publisher : Wesleyan University Press

Page : 369 pages

File Size : 20,85 MB

Release : 2010-06-15

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0819569062

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Book Description

An intimate portrait of one of the great performing artists of the twentieth century



Mapping of Space Through Bharatanatyam Sequences

Author : Nrithya Vilasini Smt. Ramya Shankaran

Publisher : Xlibris Us

Page : 86 pages

File Size : 44,45 MB

Release : 2019-08-13

Category :

ISBN : 9781796052343

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This book will help all art lovers to know more about the Theatrical space through the motion of dance and its compositions. To investigate this connection between dance and place, it is imperative to understand the mythical origins of architecture and temple dance. The Hindu philosophy of the cosmic man and its religious relationship with the Dravidian architecture of Tamil Nadu is the starting point of the discussion of a south Indian aesthetic and Performance to it.



India's Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective

Author : Dr Margaret E Walker

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 13,96 MB

Release : 2014-09-28

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1409449505

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Through an analysis both broad and deep of primary and secondary sources, ethnography, iconography and current performance practice, this enquiry undertakes a critical approach to the history of kathak dance and presents new data about hereditary performing artists, gendered contexts and practices, and postcolonial cultural reclamation. The account that emerges places kathak and the Kathaks firmly into the living context of North Indian performing arts.



Contemporary Indian Dance

Author : K. Katrak

Publisher : Springer

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 42,68 MB

Release : 2011-07-26

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0230321801

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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.



Bharata Natyam Adavus

Author : Gayathri Keshavan

Publisher : Notion Press

Page : 401 pages

File Size : 41,36 MB

Release : 2020-12-02

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1648999972

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This book, elucidates the basic steps called Adavus of Bharata Natyam in the traditional Pandanallur style, as taught by the revered Gurus Sri Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Sri Muthukumara Pillai, to Sri T.K Narayan and Smt. Jayalakshmi Narayan, parents of the author. It is an honest attempt to explain the various steps with unerring and accurate execution technique. The book offers a visual representation of the Adavus with the help of stick diagrams in a sequential manner so that the beginners and practitioners can understand the finer points of each movement. The author has developed simple schematics to show the various moves, such as jump, stretch, turn, hit etc. The author endeavours to illustrate Adavus in a precise manner in this book. Classification and categorization of each step is the salient feature of this work. Gayathri Keshavan makes a humble effort to pass on the knowledge of this ancient and sacred art to the present and future generations of Bharata Natyam dancers.



At Home in the World

Author : Janet O'Shea

Publisher : Wesleyan University Press

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 34,79 MB

Release : 2007-05-21

Category : History

ISBN : 9780819568373

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Book Description

The compelling story of a beautiful and versatile South Indian dance form