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Uday Shankar and His Transcultural Experimentations

Dancing Modernity

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Authors:
  1. Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

    1. School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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  • Examines the transcultural journey of Indian dancer / choreographer Uday Shankar
  • Presents the first detailed analysis of Shankar’s dance techniques and choreography
  • Explores the absence of critical discourse around modernity as a leading impulse in Indian dance

Part of the book series: Transnational Theatre Histories (TTH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Uday Shankar and Indian Dance History

    • Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
    Pages 1-39

  3. Modern Dance? Placing Shankar’s Transculturality in Colonial South Asia

    • Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
    Pages 41-78

  4. Dancing ‘Oriental’ Masculinity: Uday Shankar and His Experiments in Modern Dance

    • Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
    Pages 79-136

  5. An Attempt at Creating a Modern Institution

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    Pages 137-178

  6. Beyond the Proscenium with Dance, Magic, and Film

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    Pages 179-228

  7. The Illusive Legacy

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    Pages 229-263

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 265-281
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About this book

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, and his worldwide recognition as the Ambassador of Indian culture, are brought into a historiographical perspective within the cultural and social reforms of early twentieth century India. By exploring his artistic journey beyond India in the period between the two world wars, and his experience of dance making, presentational technique and representation of India through various phases of his life, a path is forged to understanding the emergence of modernity in Indian dance.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

About the author

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi is Associate Professor in the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Her research interests include the role of Anthropology in critical dance studies; gender,  materiality and lived experience  in dance; contemporary choreography; and performance documentation. Urmimala’s previous publications include Moving Space: Women in Dance (2018, co-edited with Aishika Chakraborty), Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers Searching for Identity (2010, co-authored with Bishnupiya Dutt), Traversing Tradition: Celebrating Dance in India (2010, co-edited with Stephanie Burridge), and the edited collection Dance: Transcending Borders (2008).

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