Bharata Natyam: From Temple to TheatreManohar, 1996 - 403 sider Bharata Natyam is currently one of the most popular styles of classical dance in India. It is also well known world-wide. Certain components of this dance have historical associations with religious ritual in the temples of south India. In the course of its transition from performance in temples and courts to the concert stage, the making of modern Bharata Natyam has passed from the purview of traditional/hereditary families, and dancers into the hands of the educated elite. What changes have been brought about in presentation and style as a result of this transition? Although current dancers and teachers make claims for the antiquity of their art, and the authenticity of the tradition, what was the dance of the hereditary practitioners, the devadasis, really like? How much of current practice is an invention of the past fifty years? These and other questions on the fascinating history of the creation of Bharata Natyam are dealt with by Anne-Marie Gaston who provides extensive oral testimony of current perceptions and directions of Bharata Natyam. This illuminating account of how both hereditary and non-hereditary dancers, teachers and critics view the evolution of Bharata Natyam provides a critique of the place of Bharata Natyam in Indian society and of the concept of traditional' in late twentieth-century India. |
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INTRODUCTION 1325 | 22 |
Some Glimpses of Early History 26 Royal Courts 28 Context | 40 |
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A.P. Chokkalingam abhinaya adavus Adyar alarippu arangetram artistic audience Balasaraswati bani bhakti Bharata Natyam Bharata Natyam repertoire Bombay brahmin brahmin dancer career caste Chidambaram choreographed classes concert conducted dance critic dance dramas dance recitals dance school dance style dance teacher dance training dancers and teachers daughters deity Delhi devadasis Ellappa erotic father female girls Govindarajan hereditary dancers hereditary families Hindu important isai vellala community jatisvaram Jayalakshmi K.N. Dandayudapani Kalakshetra Kamala Lakshman Kamalambal Kersenboom Keshavamurthy Kuchipudi Kumbakonam Lalita M.D. Gauri Madras Music Academy male marriage married mother mridangam Mrinalini Sarabhai musicians Muthukumar Muthulakshmi Nataraja nattuvanar non-hereditary dancers Odissi P.S. Minakshisundaram Pandanallur Parvati Parvati Kumar perform nattuvangam Pillai presented professional programme puja Radha Ramaiya rhythmic Rukmini Devi sabdam Sarada secular solo songs south India sringara Srinivasan Sruti stage studied dance Subbarayan Subramaniam Swaminathan T.K. Ganeshan Tamil Tanjore Quartet bani taught teaching dance tillana varnam vocal Vyjayanthimala women
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