Download or read book American Indian Performing Arts written by Hanay Geiogamah and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary Nonfiction. Native American Studies. Performing Arts. With an introduction by Jace Weaver, this collection of essays analyzes Native theater, dance, and music performances through indigenous critical lenses. Contributors to this volume include both recent and established scholars who offer provocative studies of the ways in which Native performing artists "re-present" American Indian history, culture, art forms, spiritual traditions, and/or contemporary issues in their works. Jacqueline Shea Murphy writes, "The scope is exciting, both in what the essays focus on contemporary Native plays, an early 20th century Sun Dance opera, punk rock band musicians, turn-of-the-century jazz bands, contemporary modern dance and also in the issues the authors raise and consider.... The result is a vibrant, insightful, wide-ranging, and crucial contribution to the growing discussion about this important field."
Download or read book Indian Performing Arts written by Utpal Kumar Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing arts are a delight of the artists who have excelled in visual, oral-aural and moving art forms. Music, dance and theatre have coexisted for millennia in India and have entered the 21 st century in their full glory. Now, over the past one century, cin¬ema has elevated itself to a distinctive art form. Mu¬sic existed since the Vedic times and has been inter¬preted in dance. Theatre has tackled both music and dance. And cinema has thrived on the interplay of all the performing arts, not excluding painting. This book captures the rich tapestry of music, dance, theatre and cinema-cov-ering painting as well-at the turn of the new millennium and touches upon the pulsating vibrations of their contemporary creativity. They make a composite whole,-in the perspective of a perennial India and with some resonance from the neighbourhood lands. The visions are vivid, the canvas is widely varied and the experience unforgettable. The overview builds from the existing scenario at the turn of the 20th century and extends into the near future where one dares dream of shapes of the arts to come. The view remains kaleidoscopic: so needed by the aesthete and the art-lover-the connoisseur and the common man-to an unique and a must for every library and art connoisseur Performing arts are a delight of the artists who have excelled in visual, oral-aural and moving art forms. Music, dance and theatre have coexisted for millennia in India and have entered the 21 st century in their full glory. Now, over the past one century, cin¬ema has elevated itself to a distinctive art form. Mu¬sic existed since the Vedic times and has been inter¬preted in dance. Theatre has tackled both music and dance. And cinema has thrived on the interplay of all the performing arts, not excluding painting. This book captures the rich tapestry of music, dance, theatre and cinema-cov-ering painting as well-at the turn of the new millennium and touches upon the pulsating vibrations of their contemporary creativity. They make a composite whole,-in the perspective of a perennial India and with some resonance from the neighbourhood lands. The visions are vivid, the canvas is widely varied and the experience unforgettable. The overview builds from the existing scenario at the turn of the 20th century and extends into the near future where one dares dream of shapes of the arts to come. The view remains kaleidoscopic: so needed by the aesthete and the art-lover-the connoisseur and the common man-to delve into and to enjoy, even by sampling some of the best, attempted here.
Download or read book Indian Theatre written by Ralph Yarrow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out from the question: why have so many western theatre workers come to India and what were they looking for? What is it that seemed to be lacking in western performance and understanding of the nature and function of theatre? Locating Indian theatre as a major site of reappraisal and renewal both in India and in the world of performance, the book presents both a picture of traditional and contemporary theatre in India and an examination of its processes and practice. This study questions the generative processes which impel theatre, the 'transformation' of individuals and groups through performance and the performative dynamics of 'self' and 'other'.
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre written by Ananda Lal and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Encyclopedic Volume Is The First Of Its Kind In Any Language Covering All Of Indian Theatre. Lavishly Illustrated, With Some Rare Photographs From Archival Collections.
Download or read book Indian Theatre written by Farley P. Richmond and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the multiple dimensions of theatrical performance in India--rural festivals, contemporary urban theater, dramatic rituals and devotional performances, dance-dramas, and classical Sanskrit plays. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book History of Indian Theatre Classical theatre written by Manohar Laxman Varadpande and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performers and Their Arts written by Simon Charsley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee Part II: Performance Beyond Caste Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant
Download or read book Indian Performing Arts written by Utpal Kumar Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Performing Arts and Therapeutic Implications written by Tanvi Bajaj and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting an alternative perspective, this book proposes that performing arts forge an emotional bond between the performer and the audience, making the act of performance a therapeutic and restorative experience, and not merely recreational. Studying the life-experiences of six artists, and their unique engagement with three art forms — music, drama and dance — the book highlights the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual effects of performing arts both on the performers and the audience. More importantly, it takes the current understanding of the therapeutic role of arts beyond a deficit model of health that focuses on their use in curing illnesses, disabilities and imbalances, towards a more positive growth-centric model that relates them to promoting holistic mental health, well-being and happiness. It thus bridges the gap between the theoretical understanding of creative arts therapy and the practical experience of performing arts in non-therapeutic settings. Further, it assumes increasing relevance with respect to fast-changing lifestyles to which stress and ill-health are often attributed. The book will appeal to artists, educators and researchers of performing arts, applied psychology, counselling and therapy, and cultural studies, as well as interested general readers.
Download or read book The World of Indian Performing Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traversing Tradition written by Urmimala Munsi and published by Routledge India. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance occupies a prestigious place in Indian performing arts, yet it curiously, to a large extent, has remained outside the arena of academic discourse. This book documents and celebrates the emergence of contemporary dance practice in India. Incorporating a multidisciplinary approach, it includes contributions from scholars, writers and commentators as well as short essays and interviews with Indian artists and performers; the latter add personal perspectives and insights to the broad themes discussed. Young Indian dance artists are courageously charting out new trajectories in dance, diverging from the time-worn paths of tradition. The classical forms of Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Odissi and Manipuri, to name a few, are rich resources for choreographers exploring contemporary dance. This volume speaks about their struggles of working within and outside tradition as they grapple with national and international audience expectations as well as their own values and sense of identity. The artists represented here continue to question the uneasy relationship that exists between the insular world of dance and outside reality. Simultaneously, they are actively creating new dance languages that are both articulate in a performative context and demand examination by researchers and critics.
Download or read book American Indian Theater in Performance written by Hanay Geiogamah and published by Los Angeles : UCLA American Indian Studies Center. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Writing. Native American Studies. AMERICAN INDIAN THEATER IN PERFORMANCE: A READER is the first comprehensive collection to present the views of leading playwrights, directors, scholars, and educators in contemporary Native theater. This groundbreaking collection of recent and earlier writings serves as both an overview of the field and a source book for further study and performance. Locating Native theater within the rich contexts of Native communities, tribal sources of creativity, performance traditions, and artistic innovations, the articles and interviews in this reader provide historical context and offer perspectives on directing, dramaturgy, and new play development in Native theater.
Download or read book Rasa written by Susan L. Schwartz and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few aspects of American military history have been as vigorously debated as Harry Truman's decision to use atomic bombs against Japan. In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II. Kort opens with a summary of the debate over Hiroshima as it has evolved since 1945. He then provides a historical overview of thye events in question, beginning with the decision and program to build the atomic bomb. Detailing the sequence of events leading to Japan's surrender, he revisits the decisive battles of the Pacific War and the motivations of American and Japanese leaders. Finally, Kort examines ten key issues in the discussion of Hiroshima and guides readers to relevant primary source documents, scholarly books, and articles.
Download or read book Divine Service and the Performing Arts in India written by Selina Thielemann and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays In The Volume Centre Around Music And Other Performing Traditions And Part Of The Devotional Practice With Emphasis An Vaishnava Liturgy In Northern India. The Focus Is On The Significance Of Music, Dance And Acting In The Vaisnava Theology. Includes Coloured Illustrations.
Download or read book Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance written by Anna Morcom and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the 1930s no woman could perform in public and retain respectability in India. Professional female performers were courtesans and dancing girls who lived beyond the confines of marriage, but were often powerful figures in social and cultural life. Women's roles were often also taken by boys and men, some of whom were simply female impersonators, others transgender. Since the late nineteenth century the status, livelihood and identity of these performers have all diminished, with the result that many of them have become involved in sexual transactions and sexualised performances. Meanwhile, upper-class, upper-caste women have taken control of the classical performing arts and also entered the film industry, while a Bollywood dance and fitness craze has recently swept middle class India. In her historical on-the-ground study, Anna Morcom investigates the emergence of illicit worlds of dance in the shadow of India's official performing arts. She explores over a century of marginalisation of courtesans, dancing girls, bar girls and transgender performers, and de- scribes their lives as they struggle with stigmatisation, derision and loss of livelihood.
Download or read book Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian written by Matthew Krystal and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the enactment of identity in dance, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, and cross-national comparison of indigenous dance practices. Considering four genres of dance in which indigenous people are represented--K'iche Maya traditional dance, powwow, folkloric dance, and dancing sports mascots--the book addresses both the ideational and behavioral dimensions of identity. Each dance is examined as a unique cultural expression in individual chapters, and then all are compared in the conclusion, where striking parallels and important divergences are revealed. Ultimately, Krystal describes how dancers and audiences work to construct and consume satisfying and meaningful identities through dance by either challenging social inequality or reinforcing the present social order. Detailed ethnographic work, thorough case studies, and an insightful narrative voice make Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian a substantial addition to scholarly literature on dance in the Americas. It will be of interest to scholars of Native American studies, social sciences, and performing arts.
Download or read book Performing Artistes in Ancient India written by Iravati and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book Studies The Evolution Of Ancient Indian Theatre: It Deals With The Dramatic Troupes, Abhinaya, The Stage And Auditorium And Visuals Depicting Scenes Etched On Temples And Caves. It Examines The Kinds Of Performing Artistes And Their Contributions.
