Purkayastha,Prarthana creator Prarthana Purkayastha text Modern dance -- India.-Feminism and dance. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan , 2014 monographic eng

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xiv, 216 pages ; 23 cm. Indian Modern Dance, Feminism and Transnationalism examines modern dance in India as it emerged simultaneously and in parallel with European and North American modernism in the twentieth century. Through rare archival photographs and interviews with artists, this volume charts the travels and movements over a hundred-year period (1900-2000) of five Indian artists - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Uday Shankar (1900-1977), Shanti Bardhan (1916-1954), Manjusri Chaki-Sircar (1934-2000) and Ranjabati Sircar (1963-1999) - across and beyond national and international borders. The volume draws attention to how these transnational journeys significantly impacted on the artists' experimental and political dances and how a clearly feminist consciousness was developed through the dancing body. This book celebrates the revolutionary nature and transformative potential of modern dance within an Indian context Introduction -- 1. Rabindranath Tagore and Eclecticism in Twentieth Century Indian Dance -- 2. Uday Shankar and the Performance of Alterity in Indian Dance -- 3. Shanti Bardhan and Dance as Protest -- 4. Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Feminist New Dance -- 5. Ranjabati Sircar and the Politics of Identity in Indian Dance -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index. /Prarthana Purkayastha Arts 792.80954 PUR 9781349477227 Brijwasi Book Distributors ;H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 190813 20190913112528.0