94 Pages
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Routledge
96 Pages
by
Routledge
94 Pages
by
Routledge
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Indian Dance is not what it was. The classical dances of the subcontinent have undergone fission, have been deconstructed and have become part of a contemporary dance idiom. Some of the most innovative work has taken place because of interaction with Western dancers or because it was conceived in a Western and/or global context. Thus the British experience-the work and contribution of Indian dance... Read more
Chapter 1 South Asian Dance: The British Experience, Alessandra Iyer; Chapter 2 South Asian Dance: The Traditional/Classical Idioms, Alessandra Iyer; Chapter 3 In Praise of the Pioneers, Reginald Massey; Chapter 4 South Asian Dance in Britain 1960–1995, Naseem Khan; Chapter 5 Text Context Dance, Shobana Jeyasingh; Chapter 6 Maargam, Valli Subbiah; Chapter 7 Teaching and Choreographing Kathak Dance in Britain, Nilima Devi; Chapter 8 Choreographing Delicious Arbour: Richard Alston in Conversation with Vena Gheerawo, June 1995, Vena Gheerawo; Chapter 9 South Asian Dance: The British Experience? Holism and Individualism, Vena Gheerawo; Chapter 10 Dance, South Asian Dance, and Higher Education, Andrée Grau; Chapter 11 South Asian Dance on the Internet: Chris Bannerman in Conversation with Alessandra Iyer, Alessandra Iyer; Chapter 12 Labanotated Score; Chapter 13 The Ugly Duckling;
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Edited by Iyer, Alessandra
"[A] great pleasure...It is a collection of essays by dancers, choreographers, educationalists and journalists." -- The Times Higher Education Supplement
