Essays on Classical Indian Dance

✍ Scribed by Donovan Roebert

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 385
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: On the Means and Ends of Rasa in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 2: Classical Indian Dance as Sadhana: Some Notes Inviting Elaboration
Chapter 3: The Classical Indian Dancer as Poet, Interpreter, and Poem Itself: Some Simple Comments
Chapter 4: Classical Indian Dance and the Western Rasika: A Storm in a Teacup
Chapter 5: On the Principle and Significance of Pratitya Samutpada in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 6: On Nritta: The Suspended Consummation of the Tale
Chapter 7: Classical Indian Dance as a Discipline of Thought
Chapter 8: On the Ghungroos: Ankle-Bells of Servitude, and Mastery
Chapter 9: The Space Between the Notes: Heather Lewis’s Remarkable Shastric Tour de Force
Chapter 10: When is the Rasika Really a Rasika?
Chapter 11: On the Gramma of Classical Indian Dance: A Grecian Perspective
Chapter 12: Writing The Odissi Girl: A Literary Analogue for the Dance
Chapter 13: The Presence of the Absent Dancer
Chapter 14: The Triumph of Mylapore Gauri Ammal: A Short Incursion into Dance Genetics
Chapter 15: The Language of the Dancing Body in Nritta: Part One
Chapter 16: The Language of the Dancing Body in Nritta: Part Two
Chapter 17: Eight Unities Re-enacted in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 18: Five Ways of Dancing That Get in the Way of Dance
Chapter 19: The Preservation of Classical Indian Dance in Postmodernity
Chapter 20: The Tenacious Survival of Classicism in Indian Dance
Chapter 21: The Humanization of Rhythm and Form in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 22: The Problem of the Pushpanjali
Chapter 23: Surprised by Dance: A Glimpse into my Personal Journey
Chapter 24: Classical Indian Dance is a Humanism
Chapter 25: Dance, Analysis, and the Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Chapter 26: The Multilocality of Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 27: On the Terrible Beauty of Moksha in Odissi
Chapter 28: Jayantika: Archaeology and Imagination in the Reincarnation of Odissi
Chapter 29: Sanjukta Panigrahi’s Contribution to Odissi: 1944–1964
Chapter 30: The Foundational Ambiguity in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 31: The Karma of Classicism in Indian Dance
Chapter 32: A Note of Thanks
Chapter 33: On the Dancing Feet
Chapter 34: Rukmini Devi and the Devadasi Question: An Opinion
Chapter 35: A Note on Sringara Rasa
Chapter 36: Classical Indian Dance at the Crossroads
Chapter 37: On Filming Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 38: Rasa in Filmed Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 39: The Ineffable in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 40: On the Movement from One Adavu to the Next
Chapter 41: The Personal Approach to Dance Criticism
Chapter 42: The Sanitizing and Cleansing of Bharata Natyam
Chapter 43: On ‘Pseudo-Spirituality’ in Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 44: On the Freedom of Odissi to be Itself
Chapter 45: Why I Choose to Write about Classical Indian Dance
Chapter 46: Classical Indian Dance and Social Justice Activism
Chapter 47: In Search of the Basis of ‘Spirituality’ in Classical Indian Dance
Index