Dance : Transcending Borders

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Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 daysAuthor: Rustom BharuchaEminent Contributors/Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Urmimala Sarkar MunsiPublisher: Tulika Year: 2008Language: EnglishPages: 268ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788189487386 DescriptionAs globalization forces us to revisit the 'local' in dance, an examination of the processes of identity formation, generation and affirmation becomes very necessary. The world of dance in today's context is constantly being shaped by the nature of the state, politicized markets, the dialogues taking place within and between cultures, as well as the growing importance of multimedia skills. As the identity of dance and of dancers undergoes constant interrogation and reorganization, there is increasing need to establish dialogues across regions, and to identity and understand the major areas of concern some of which may be common to all while others may e specific to the social-political-historical conditions of particular countries.This edited volume, a project of the Research and Documentation Network of the World Dance Alliance-Asia Pacific, brings together renowned scholars from the Asia=Pacific region, the Americas and Europe, to discuss issues of global and local importance that are at the centre of contemporary research. It hopes to generate a fruitful inter-regional and /or inter-country understanding of the art form, as the dance and dancers themselves step out and transcend borders.ABOUT THE EDITOR:Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, the editor of this volume, is Visiting Faculty at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. A trained dancer and choreographer, she is also a social anthropologist specializing in Dance studies. She is Co-Chair of the Research and Documentation Network of the World Dance Alliance Asia=Pacific.ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionContributorsTHE ASIA PACIFICRemembering Chandra: Points of Reference in the Here and Now: RUSTOM BHARUCHADancing Divine Iconographies in Southeast AsiaMOHD ANIS MD NORFrom Preserving National Forms to Reviewing Traditions fro the World:Some Recent Uses of Classical Dance from Mainland Southeast AsiaPORNART DAMRHUNGConnectivity: Dance Bodies Linking Culture, Site and TechnologyCHERYL STOCKBounda4ies and Beyond: Problems of Nomenclature in Indian Dance HistoryURMIMALA SARKAR MUNSITHE AMERICASOne plus One Equals Three (or more): Dance Diversity as Intercultural Dialogues in the Pacific IslandsADRIENNE L KAEPPLERLost Dances: Preserving the Works of Canadian Contemporary ChoreographersMARY JANE WARNERDance's Diversity: A US PerspectiveRANDY MARTINCaribbean Dance with Cultural and Economic GlobalizationAs globalization forces us to revisit the 'local' in dance, an examination of the processes of identity formation, generation and affirmation becomes very necessary. Problems and Ideas Regarding Mexican Dance in the 1970sMARGARITA TORTAJADA-QUIROZEUROPEIndonesian Dance Performance in Britain: Transnational Futures?ALESSANDRA LOPEZ Y ROYOGlobal and Local: Tracing a Danced and Musical MosaicJANET ASHEAD-LANSDALEDance and the Shifting Sands of Multiculturalism: Questions from the United KingdomANDERE GRAUCross-Culturalism in Dance: A Historical and Ideological AnalysisANNE DECORET-AHIHA Show more