Scripting Dance in Contemporary India

Scripting Dance in Contemporary India is an edited volume that engages with multiple dance forms of India and their representations. The contributions are eclectic, including writings by both scholars and performers who share their experiential knowledge.

Mythili Anoop teaches at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management University.
Varun Gulati teaches English literature at the University of Delhi.

Acknowledgements
Introduction Mythili Anoop and Varun Gulati
I Representations
1.The Sacred and the Profane C R Rajendran
2.The Indian Dancing Girl in Early Colonial Travel Writing Ruchika Sharma
II Histories in Process
3.Unraveling Mohiniyattam's Outlaw Justine Lemos
4.Building a Natyashastra Anandi Salinas
5.East and West, Araimandi and Arabesque: The Emergence of Indian Dance in the American Performing Arts Scene Kelli Ling and Sushmita Arunkumar
III Negotiations
6.Working Through the 'Difficult Whole': Analyzing Ananya Chatterjea's Mohona: Estuaries of Desire Kaustvi Sarkar
7.Changing Landscape of Dance in South India - Effect of Economic Liberalization on Dance Practices and Patronage Veena Basavarajaiah
8. Dancing Narratives: Performing Mythology in Globalized Spaces Mythili Anoop
9.Picturing Dance Divya Venkatesh
IV Other Presences
10.Thidambu Nrittham: A Practitioner's Perspective Puthumana Govindan Namboodiri
11.Listening to 'Women of God': A Report on a Journey from real to Reel Melvin Pinto S J
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