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Bharata Natyam: From Temple to Theatre

 
Anne-Marie Gaston (Author)
Synopsis Bharata Natyam is currently one of the most popular styles of classical dance in India. It is also well known worldwide. Certain components of this dance have historical associations with religious ritual in the temples of south India. In the course of its transition from performance in temples and courts to the concert stage, the making of modern Bharata Natyam has passed from the purview of traditional/hereditary families, and dancers into the hands of the educated elite. What changes have been brought about in presentation and style as a result of this transition? Although current dancers and teachers make claims for the antiquity of their art, and the authenticity of the tradition, what was the dance of the hereditary practitioners, the devadasis, really like? How much of current practice is an invention of the past fifty years? These and other questions on the fascinating history of the creation of Bharata Natyam are dealt with by Anne-Marie Gaston who provides extensive oral testimony of current perceptions and directions of Bharata Natyam. "This illuminating account of how both hereditary and non-hereditary dancers, teachers and critics view the evolution of Bharata Natyam provides a critique of the place of Bharata Natyam in Indian society and of the concept of "traditional" in late twentieth century India.
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About the author

Anne-Marie Gaston

Anne-Marie Gaston holds a doctorate in the Sociology of Arts from Oxford University. She began to study the pakhavaj tradition of Guru Purushottam Das in 1971 in New Delhi. an internationally recognized performer of classical Indian dance, under the stage name of Anjali, she has pursuied a career as both a performer and an academic. Her earlier publication, Siva in Dance, Myth and Iconography, dealt with the relationship between dance, myth and sculpture. She has also made an in-depth study of the genesis of modern Bharata Natyam, which has been published by Manohar under the title, Bharata Natyam: From Temple to Theatre. With her husband, Tony Gaston, she has traveled extensively throughout the Indian subcontinent to study and photograph archaeological sites, various artistic traditions and rituals, as well as natural environments. She is a Research Associate – Music, in the School for Studies in art and culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

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Bibliographic information

Title Bharata Natyam: From Temple to Theatre
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2005
Edition Reprint
Language: English
isbn 9788173041464
length 404p., Plates; Map; Index, 23cm.