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Margaret E. Walker

India's Kathak Dance in Historical Perspective

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Kathak, the classical dance of North India, combines virtuosic footwork and dazzling spins with subtle pantomime and soft gestures. As a global practice and one of India's cultural markers, kathak dance is often presented as heir to an ancient Hindu devotional tradition in which men called Kathakas danced and told stories in temples. The dance's repertoire and movement vocabulary, however, tell a different story of syncretic origins and hybrid history - it is a dance that is both Muslim and Hindu, both devotional and entertaining, and both male and female. Kathak's multiple roots can be found in rural theatre, embodied rhythmic repertoire, an… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-317-11737-7
  • EAN: 9781317117377
  • Produktnummer: 31760751
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 174 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 2'478 KB

Über den Autor


Margaret E. Walker is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Musicology at Queen's University, Kingston, where she is currently serving as Director of the School of Music. Her research focuses primarily on kathak dance and its historiography, but also includes work on gender, class, diaspora, and colonialism.

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