Dancing in Thatha's Footsteps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dancing in Thatha's Footsteps write by Srividhya Venkat. This book was released on 2021-06-30. Dancing in Thatha's Footsteps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On Sundays, Varun has his karate lesson, and his sister Varsha heads to dance school with their grandfather. One weekend, Varun reluctantly accompanies his sister to her lesson. Bored of waiting, he peeks into the classroom, and almost immediately, he is fascinated by the rhythm and grace of bharatanatyam, a dance from India that Varsha is learning to perfect. Varun tries a few moves at home in secret because...well, boys don’t dance, do they? His grandfather is not so sure. Will Thatha be able to convince Varun to dance in his footsteps? A heartwarming picture book about a multigenerational Indian-American family discovering a shared love for bharatanatyam, an ancient classical dance that continues to fascinate dancers worldwide.
South Asian Dance
South Asian Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South Asian Dance write by Alessandra Iyer. This book was released on 2013-12-19. South Asian Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Indian Dance is not what it was. The classical dances of the subcontinent have undergone fission, have been deconstructed and have become part of a contemporary dance idiom. Some of the most innovative work has taken place because of interaction with Western dancers or because it was conceived in a Western and/or global context. Thus the British experience-the work and contribution of Indian dance practitioners based in Britain and working primarily in a British/European context-have been very important for the new development of Indian dance.
A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance
A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance write by Roxanne Kamayani Gupta. This book was released on 2000-03-01. A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The yoga and classical dance traditions of India have been inextricably entwined for millennia. The exacting hand gestures, postures and movements of Indian classical dance can only be achieved through yogic concentration. Conversely, the esthetics, symmetry, and dynamism of dance enhance the practice of yoga. These two traditions, so complementary and essential to one another, are united and explicated for the first time in A Yoga of Indian Classical Dance. Twenty-five years ago Roxanne Kamayani Gupta embarked on a journey of dance and yoga, yearning to unlock their mysteries and discover their common origins. As a twenty-year-old student from America she was miraculously and mysteriously absorbed into Indian culture, became a Hindu, and began an odyssey so unusual and unique that the reader will be enchanted by its telling. Choosing the path of the dancer, Roxanne Gupta accomplished what no Western woman had done before: being accepted and trained by Indian masters and then performing in the Indian classical traditions--from the palaces of maharajas to the arts festivals of Europe and America--while at the same time achieving a doctorate in the anthropology of religion and being initiated into a number of yogic traditions. Having mastered the classical form of Kuchipudi dance and studied with teachers of the hatha and kriya yoga traditions, she brings together these two great streams of consciousness and practice. In this tantric approach to yoga and dance, expressed through the body and through a yoga of emotions, we see the traditions embodied in a manner that embraces the totality of the human experience. The result is the dance of the yogini, the sacred feminine initiatress who dances with one foot in nature and the other in the realm of the gods. With extensive photographs of innovative yoga routines, Roxanne Kamayani Gupta distills her experience into techniques for yogic study certain to assist students of all levels to achieve a dynamic, beautiful, and graceful practice.
Flexible Bodies
Flexible Bodies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flexible Bodies write by Anusha Kedhar. This book was released on 2020. Flexible Bodies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawing on exclusive interviews, choreographic analysis, and the author's own dance experience, Flexible Bodies reveals how South Asian dancers in Britain use their craft and creativity to navigate often precarious economic, national, and racial terrain.
Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia
Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia write by Jukka O. Miettinen. This book was released on 1992. Classical Dance and Theatre in South-East Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This lavishly illustrated book provides an introduction to the richtraditions of South-East Asian dance, theatre and puppet theatre. It focusesmainly on classical traditions which are still performed and separate sectionsare devoted to Burma, Thailand, Java, Bali, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Laos.Chinese theatre in the region and the Chinese-influenced theatre of Vietnam arealso discussed.
