Performing arts of Chhattisgarh

Mahawar, Niranjan

ISBN: 9788190540186, 8190540181

Performing heritage: art of exhibit walks, foreword by Richard Kurin

Jafa, Navina

ISBN: 9788132106999, 8132106997

Theyyam: Indian folk ritual theatre--an insider's vision

Gopalakrishnan, K.K.

ISBN: 9789389136982, 9389136989

As rural Kerala grows more urbanised, the present elderly generation may be the last to witness authentic Theyyam performances ... an intensive traditional training programme has to be evolved to streamline the continuous practice of Theyyam performances. This volume of authoritative documentation by K.K. Gopalakrishnan will significantly help that venture.--BALAN NAMBIAR. Theyyam is a colorful...

Rabindra chitravali: paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, 4 vols., (and an annotated thumbnail catalogue)

Kumar, R Siva

ISBN: 9788189323349, 8189323342

.....in association with Visva-Bharati and Ministry of Culture.; This book is the most comprehensive documentation of any modern Indian artist to date. In its collection of more than 2000 images of Tagor's paintings, drawings and doodles, most of them reproduced with special care to capture the tones and colours of the originals-for the first time ever. A rich critical apparatus-including comme...

Ramayana in focus: visual and performing arts of Asia

Krishnan, Gauri Parimoo

ISBN: 9789810859718, 9810859716

The Ramayana, an ancient Sanskrit epic from India, is generally believed to surpass other works of world literature in its popularity, influence and longevity. This book captures the fascinating adaptation of the story in different Asian cultures. The twenty essays cover a wide range of topics on literary, visual, performing and contemporary arts: Ramayana in Hindu culture, in Chinese and Japan...

Ranjabati: a dancer and her world (selected writings of Ranjabati Sircar), ed. and introd. by Aishika Chakraborty

ISBN: 9788186017623, 8186017623

A comprehensive selection of the dance writings of Ranjabati Sircar (1963-99)-essays, seminar papers, interviews, reviews, production notes-illustrating a highly critical and percipient mind discovering and articulating fresh possibilities in the new Indian dance; and critiquing a wide range of international performances from an original point of view.

Rasa: the Indian performing arts in the last tewnty-five yars, 2 vols.

Sangam, Anamika Kala

Vol.I: Music and Dance, Rs. 1500/-;Vol.II: Theatre and Cinema, Rs. 1500/-

Aesthetics-kala aur saundarya ka darshanik vivecana

ISBN: 9788124604694, 812460469X

This is decidedly the very first book of its kind. It explains in simple Hindi (or rather Hindustani) the basic concepts and problems of contemporary Western (philosophical) aesthetics with apt illustrative references not only to Hindi (and even Urdu) poetry, but to Hindustani Sangeet and English poetry.

Teyyam: a divine dance tradition of Kerala, gen. ed.: Kishor K. Basa

Jayarajan, V (b.1957)

This book contains an account of Teyyam, a divine dance of north Kerala in which the performer after undergoing several rituals becomes a deity. Besides it also investigates into the historical, mythological, anthropological, sociological as well as the artistic aspects of teyyam.

Vignettes of Indian performing arts, 2 vols

Banerjee, Utpal K.

ISBN: 9788182903005, 8182903009

Vol.I: Drama, Dance, Dance-Drama, Music.;Vol.II: Puppetry, Narrative arts, Festivals, Miscellany.

Visual and performing arts in South Orissa: an interface

Tripathy, Dillip Kumar (b.1964)

ISBN: 9788186622896, 8186622896

This book is an attempt to intensify the understanding of art and literary traditions of a people not as fragmented facets, but as an integrated and interrelated sum of a holistically sustained creative psyche.

The principal ragas of Indian music

Singh, Shobha

ISBN: 9788193439302, 8193439309

`Thaat' is the method of dividing ragas in Hindustani classical music. The main raga of each `Thaat' is called the `Ashraya' raga and other ragas are `Ashrita' ragas. This book is an attempt to make the readers aware of the `Ashraya' ragas. The author has very clearly presented the concept of `Ashraya' raga and its significance. Music has been the subject of study in India since Vedic period. V...

Imaging sound: an ethno-musicological study of music, art, and culture

Srivastava, Nandani

ISBN: 9788195669257, 8195669255

Indian women's beauty secrets or traditional cosmetology:where magic meets science: ayurvedic, cultural, artistic, and modern medical aspects

Kaminska-Jones, Dorota

ISBN: 9789359448213, 9359448214

The book is interdisciplinary and offers a holistic study of Indian cosmetology. This work aims to present the female world of beauty in India--the key aspects of Indian cosmetology in a broad cultural and medical context, including branches of knowledge such as anatomy, physiology and chemistry. The interdisciplinary approach ensures that the topic is explored in all its depth and complexity. ...

Performing arts and therapeutic implications, foreword by Guru Syed Sallauddin Pasha

Bajaj, Tanvi et al

ISBN: 9781138096004, 1138096008

Presenting an alternative perspective, this book proposes that performing arts forge an emotional bond between the performer and the audience, making the act of performence a therapeutic and restorative experience, and not merely recreational.

Timeless tales: treasures of Odisha State Museum,

ISBN: 9788195842728, 8195842720

Odisha State Museum located in Bhubaneswar is a reflection of Odishas cultural and geographical identity, a state rich in history, art, culture, heritage and natural diversity. Odisha State Museum houses more than 60,000 rare antiquities, dating from the ancient to the modern, covering the domains of archaeology, prehistory, epigraphy, numismatics, arms and armory, kings and kingdoms, maritime ...