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Movement and Mimesis

The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition

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  1. Mandakranta Bose

    1. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Part of the book series: Studies of Classical India (STCI, volume 12)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-4
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 5-12

  3. The Literature of Dance

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    Pages 13-107

  4. The Nāṭyaśāstra and the Concept of Dance

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    Pages 108-130

  5. Lāsya: A Dramatic Art

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    Pages 131-153

  6. Nṛtya and Uparūpaka

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    Pages 154-193

  7. Bandha and Anibandha

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    Pages 194-215

  8. The Deśī Tradition

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    Pages 216-255

  9. Conclusion

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    Pages 256-260

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 261-333
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About this book

The most comprehensive view of the evolution of dancing in India is one that is derived from Sanskrit textual sources. These texts are the basic material that students of the dance in India must examine in order to uncover its past. Since the rebirth of informed interest in dancing in early twentieth century, its antiquity has been acknowledged but precisely what the art was in antiquity remains unclear. Discovering the oldest forms of dancing in India requires, as do other historical quests, a reconstruction of the past and, again as in other historical investigations, the primary sources of knowledge are records from the past. In this case the records are treatises and manuals in Sanskrit that discuss and describe dancing. These are the sources that the present work sets out to mine. These texts taken collectively are more than records of a particular state of the art. They testify to the growth of the theory and practice of the art and thus establish it as an evolving rather than a fixed art form that changed as much in response to its own expanding aesthetic boundaries as to parallel or complementary forms of dance, drama and music that impinged upon it as India's social and political situation changed. When we place the Sanskrit treatises in chronological sequence it becomes clear that the understanding of the art has changed through time, in its infancy as well as in maturer periods.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Mandakranta Bose

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Movement and Mimesis

  • Book Subtitle: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition

  • Authors: Mandakranta Bose

  • Series Title: Studies of Classical India

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3594-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1325-0Published: 31 July 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5594-9Published: 17 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3594-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 333

  • Topics: Non-Western Philosophy, Regional and Cultural Studies, Performing Arts

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