The Dance Vocabulary Of Classical India

About The Book

The dance in India is an ancient art and most fortunately it has not only survived the centuries but has prospered in the present. The classical dances of India are widely practiced and regarded as art forms descended unchanged from the earliest ages of Hindu culture. The esteem that this changelessness indicates needs to no explained.

About Author

Mandakranta Bose began her Sanskrit studies at Sanskrit College, Calcutta. Her research in this field began at Oxford under Professor Thomas Burrow and continued in India and later in Canada and Oxford, with a doctorate from the latter. At present she teaches at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface to first Edition

Foreword

List of Abbreviation

Additional Notes

Preface to Second Edition

1. Introduction
2. Forms of Dancing
3. Movements of the Angas, Upangas and Pratyangas
4. More Complicated Movements Chapter
5. The Movements of the Body as a Whole Chapter
6. Angaharas or Dance Sequence Chapter
7. A Different Tradition

Epilogue

Appendix

References

Bibliography

Index