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Languid Bodies, Grounded Stances: The Curving Pathway of Neoclassical Odissi Dance

Languid Bodies, Grounded Stances: The Curving Pathway of Neoclassical Odissi Dance

Hardcover

Series: Dance and Performance Studies, Book 9

DanceAnthropology

ISBN10: 1785333682
ISBN13: 9781785333682
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Dec 1 2016
Pages: 234
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Widely believed to be the oldest Indian dance tradition, odissi has transformed over the centuries from a sacred temple ritual to a transnational genre performed-and consumed-throughout the world. Building on ethnographic research in multiple locations, this book charts the evolution of odissi dance and reveals the richness, rigor, and complexity of the form as it is practiced today. As author and dancer-choreographer Nandini Sikand shows, the story of odissi is ultimately a story of postcolonial India, one in which identity, nationalism, tradition, and neoliberal politics dramatically come together.

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