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Abhinaya Darpanam: An Illustrated Translation

 
Anita Vallabh (Author)
Synopsis

Dance studies across genres require muliple approaches for an understanding of the sociological, phenomenological, political, cultural, philosophical and aesthetical practices that influences the dance's kinesthetic and existential character. In the context of Bharatanatyam, the moment of explaining shifting ideologies and its impact on the form, content and process, is a moment of convergence, of past and present, dancer and society. This convergence has been so enduring that while dancer's have found new ways of expressing in the language of Bharatanatyam, recoures is taken to the traditional texts for understanding the tenets of its practice. The second, revised and updated edition of Message in Movements, 'Abhinaya Darpanam, An Illustrated Translation', attempts for the first time an illustrative description of the aesthetic movement/suggestion in Bharatanatyam so learners may reconnect and experience its unique definitional identity to its source in nature and reestablish practical-theoretical, subject- object connections. This edition collates verses from the two available translated and edited texts of Manmohan Ghosh (328 verses), and P.S.R. Appa Rao (814 verses). The detailed illustration of every nuanced element is presented to offer a paradigm for exploring and understanding the embodied art within the broader context of performance, represntation and re-presentation.

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About the author

Anita Vallabh

Anita Vallabh is the Creative Director of Aeka Academy, an Institution of Line arts and a disciple of The Dhananjayans. She received her Doctoral degree for her analytical study of 'Semiosis of Bharatanatyam in Tamil Culture since 1930' in 2002 from the Unversity of Madras, Chennai. She was conferred the title of 'Kala Bharati' from National Hindi Academy, Kolkata for the year 1992-1993, awarded 'Bharatanatya Prachiramani' in Myanmar in 2002, and received 'Certificate of Honor' from Council of City and County of Honolulu in 2011 for her services in disseminatingthe art in schools and in the Indian Community. She travels extensively, conducting workshops and giving lectures to augment the practice of Bharatanatyam and to facilitate a meaningful extension of cultural studies.

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Bibliographic information

Title Abhinaya Darpanam: An Illustrated Translation
Author Anita Vallabh
Format Softcover
Date published: 31.12.2012
Edition 1st. ed.
Publisher B.R. Rhythms
Language: English
isbn 9788188827343
length xlviii+295p., Illustrations; 24cm.