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A guru's journey : pandit Chitresh Das and Indian classical dance in diaspora.

"An important modern exponent of Asian dance, Pandit Chitresh Das brought kathak to the United States in 1970. The North Indian classical dance has since become an important art form within the greater Indian diaspora. Yet its adoption outside of India raises questions about what happens to art...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Morelli, Sarah 1972- (Author)
Other Authors: Das, Chitresh
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:Music in American life.
Subjects:
Kathak (Dance)
Dance > India.
Dance.
India.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation
  • Note on Names and Honorifics
  • Note on Musical Notation
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Encountering the Dance
  • 2 Dancing History
  • 3 On the American Stage
  • 4 Teaching in a New Country
  • 5 Dancing Gender
  • 6 Dancing Unity, Articulating Difference
  • 7 Form and Freedom in Kathak Performance
  • 8 Coming Full Circle
  • Notes
  • Appendix: Persons Interviewed by the Author
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover.

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