This volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on dance scholarship and practice as they have evolved in India and its diaspora; outlining how dance histories have been written and re-written; how aesthetic and pedagogical conventions have changed and are changing; and how politico-economic shifts have shaped Indian dance and its negotiation with modernity.. Written by eminent and emergent scholars and practitioners of Indian dance; the articles make dance a foundational socio-cultural and aesthetic phenomena that reflects and impacts upon various cultural intercourses -- from art and architecture to popular culture; and social justice issues. They also highlight the interplay of various frameworks: global; national; and local/indigenous for studying these diverse performance contexts; using dance as a critical lens to analyse current debates on nationalism; transnationalism; gender and sexuality; and postcolonial politics. At the performace level; some articles question the accepted divisions of Indian dance (lsquo;classicalrsquo;; lsquo;folkrsquo;; and lsquo;popularrsquo;) and critique the dominant values associated with classical dance forms. Finally; the book brings together both experiential and objective dimensions of bodily knowledge through dance.
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