Performance Tradition in India

Performance Tradition in India

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Author: Suresh Awasthi
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 119
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123736193

Description

This book gives a comprehensive account of various art forms as practiced in different corners of India almost as a way of life. Written in a lucid style, different aspects of the rich performance traditions of the country with its own typical myths, customs, traditions and folk life get unraveled before us in these pages.

Tracing the tradition of performing arts to the times when the performance of the two epics and the puranas were the only source of entertainment and outlet for creative energy, the book goes on to discuss the rise and fall of the Sanskrit classical theatre, and other art forms via ; the masks, puppets, martial arts, the wandering bards down to the multi-faceted progress of the modern theatre after the Independence.

Profusely illustrated with black and white as well as color visuals, it is a significant contribution to the writings on the performing arts and an important key to the socio-cultural understanding of the country.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
Epics and the Performance Tradition
Temple and the Performance Tradition
Itinerant Performers and Wandering Bards
Puppets and Puppet Performances
Masks and Masked Dances
Martial Arts and Performance Tradition
Performance Tradition and Modern Theatre
Performance Tradition: Aesthetic & Practice

Glossary
Bibliography
Index