Title in ENGLISH : The present book reconstructs the evolving discourse on dancing in India by making an exhaustive comparative study, the first of its kind, of all available Sanskrit works. The author traces the growth of the techniques and forms of dancing and shows how the central tradition of the art, and also the oldest, expanded by contact with peripheral regional styles, including foreign ones, and eventually merged with them into a synthesis that forms the basis of present-day classical dances of India. Mandakranta Boses research in the Sanskritic tradition of Indian dance and drama has led her to view these arts equally in their historical, theoretical and performance aspects.

ISBN 13: 9788124604212

ISBN 10: 8124604215

Edition: New Delhi

Year: 2022

Language: ENGLISH

Subject(s): Fine Arts, Music, Drama and Cinema