The Celestial Dancers - Amit Sarwal

The Celestial Dancers

Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
146 Seiten
2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-06944-9 (ISBN)
62,30 inkl. MwSt
The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularisation of Manipur’s Hindu dances in Australia.
The Celestial Dancers: Manipuri Dance on Australian Stage charts the momentous journey of the popularization of Manipur’s Hindu dances in Australia.

Tradition has it that the people of Manipur, a northeastern state of India, are descended from the celestial gandharvas, dance and music blessed among them as a God’s gift. The intricately symbolic Hindu dances of Manipur in their original religious forms were virtually unseen and unknown outside India until an Australian impresario, Louise Lightfoot, brought them to the stage in the 1950s. Her experimental changes through a pioneering collaboration with dancers Rajkumar Priyagopal Singh and Ibetombi Devi modernized Manipuri dance for presentation on a global stage. This partnership moved Manipur’s Hindu dances from the sphere of ritualistic temple practice to a formalized stage art abroad. Amit Sarwal chronicles how this movement, as in the case of other prominent Indian classical dances and dancers, enabled both Manipuri dance and dancers to gain recognition worldwide.

This book is ideal for anyone with an interest in Hindu temple dance, Manipur dance, cross-cultural collaborations and the globalizing of Indian Classical Dance. The Celestial Dancers is a comprehensive study of how an exceptional Hindu dance form developed on the global stage.

Amit Sarwal is the Founding Convenor of Australia-India Interdisciplinary Research Network and an Affiliate Member of the Contemporary Histories Research Group at Deakin University. He has served as the Deputy Head of School (Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Affairs) in the School of Pacific Arts, Communication and Education at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. He is the author of Labels and Locations (2015), South Asian Diaspora Narratives (2016/2017) and The Dancing God (2020).

List of figures

Glossary

Acknowledgements

Introduction






Understanding Hinduism and Vaishnavism



The Hindu Dances of Manipur



The Making of an Australian Impresario



The Prince and his Master Drummer



The Goddess of Dancing

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Zusatzinfo 21 Halftones, black and white; 21 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 294 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport Tanzen / Tanzsport
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Hinduismus
ISBN-10 1-032-06944-9 / 1032069449
ISBN-13 978-1-032-06944-9 / 9781032069449
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