Western Texts on Indian Dance: An Illustrated Guide from 1298 to 1930

ISBN-13: 9789814968393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 548 str.

Donovan Roebert

Opis

The book reproduces more than 250 extracts from important texts, which provide examples of how dance in India was perceived as an art, as well its position in the broader cultural, religious, social, and ethical environment.

Spis treści

1. Prelude: 1298–1711 2. Sightings, Viewings, Explications, and Opinions: 1770–1830 3. Writings from the Bengal Presidency: 1813–1837 4. The Decade of Encounter: 1830–1840 5. The Beginnings of the Repetitive Narrative: 1840–1850 6. Beautiful Bodies, Graceful Dances, Moral Dilemmas: 1855–1860 7. Getting to Grips with the Bayadère: 1860–1870 8. A Royal Performance and Other Perceptions: 1870–1880 9. A Slowly Brewing Storm: 1880–1890 10. A Detour to the Ethnic Exhibitions and Shows: 1880s–1920s 11. Dancing in India in the Storm of Reform: 1890–1900 12. Loathing, Examination, Analysis, and Appreciation: 1900–1910 13. A Decade of Contradiction and Appropriation: 1910–1920 14. The Beginning of the End: 1920–1930

O autorze

Donovan Roebert is an artist and writer whose artworks are sold internationally. He has published works on Buddhism, inter-religious dialogue, and Indian dance, as well as a play and four novels. Roebert is an independent researcher into pictorial and textual data for the history of dance in India. He has written articles for various journals and other print media and hosts the blog Aspects of Pictorial Indian Dance History, where he has published more than 50 essays on historical pictorial items relating to Indian dance.