Isbn: 9788186017623 - ranjabati: a dancer and her world (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Contents Introduction. I. Towards a new Indian dance 1. Contemporary Indian dance question of training. 2. State of body state of mind. 3. Navanritya a contemporary methodology history theory practice. 4. The dancer and the critic. 5. New moves. 6. Varied approaches to Indian dances. 7. Metier being. 8. Contemporary Indian dance. II. Rethinking Rabindranath Tagore 9. Tagore and dance. 10. Dance unbound. 11. Looking afresh at Prakriti. 12. The deep sound of the soul. 13. Teeth. III. The modern in perspective between east and west 14. Shankar and beyond. 15. A fusion that works. 16. It all began with Isadora Duncan. 17. Alien form. 18. Indian dance in the West. 19. Dancing to the master's tune. 20. Shedding the burden of colour. 21. Environment for modern dancers. IV. Performance reviews 22. Spontaneity as form. 23. Expressionism. 24. Carolyn Carlson. 25. Liberation through dance. 26. Eclectic committed individual. 27. Finding the place in between. 28. Vibrant and energetic. 29. Marred by a self conscious didacticism. 30. Clear and true as a haiku. 31. Exuberant explosion. 32. Of Shakespeare standing eggs sand and bearded ladies. 33. Exploration of human behaviour. 34. Gilles Petit. V. Travels 35. Festival in Manila. 36. Dancing about China. 37. Encounter in the wilderness. VI. Gender 38. Games of power. 39. The Bengali woman from Binodini to Sananda. VII. Creative explorations 40. Matter and energy working with Koothu i pattarai. 41. Cassandra programme notes. 42. Cassandra first script. 43 Oblique an interview with Ranjabati. 44. Repertoire of Ranjabati Sircar. Sources. Aishika Chakraborty dancer and dance scholar brings together a comprehensive selection of the dance writings of Ranjabati Sircar (1963 99) essays seminar papers interviews reviews production notes illustrating a highly critical and percipient mind discovering and articulating fresh possibilities in the new Indian dance and critiquing a wide range of international performances from an original point of view with photographs by Avinash Pasricha Dayanita Singh and Ray Clark showing the extremely talented dancer choreographer in performance. Chakraborty's long introduction offers a penetrating study of Ranjabati who committed suicide at the age of 36 right in the midst of an intense phase of choreographic activity. 190 pp.…