Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations Dancing Modernity
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,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Transnational Theatre Histories
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of 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