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Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations Dancing Modernity
Title
Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations [electronic resource] : Dancing Modernity / by Urmimala Sarkar Munsi.
ISBN
9783030932244
Edition
1st ed. 2022.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XVI, 281 p.) 21 illus., 11 illus. in color.
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Summary
This monograph presents a specific experience of modernity within the context of Indian dance by looking at the transcultural journey of Indian dancer / choreographer Uday Shankar (1900b - 1977d). His popularity in Europe and America as an Oriental male dancer in the first half of the 20th century, and his worldwide recognition as the Ambassador of Indian culture, are brought into a historiographical perspective within the cultural and social reforms of early twentieth century India. By exploring his artistic journey beyond India in the period between the two world wars, and his experience of dance making, presentational technique and representation of India through various phases of his life, a path is forged to understanding the emergence of modernity in Indian dance.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 07, 2022
Series
Transnational Theatre Histories
Contents
Chapter 1 Uday Shankar and Indian Dance History
Chapter 2 Modern Dance? Placing Shankar's Transculturality in Colonial South Asia
Chapter 3 Dancing 'Oriental' Masculinity: Uday Shankar and his Experiments in Modern Dance
Chapter 4 An attempt at creating a modern institution
Chapter 5 Beyond the Proscenium with Dance, Magic, and Film
Chapter 6 The Illusive Legacy.
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