Rukmini Devi Arundale, 1904-1986: A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing ArtsAvanthi Meduri The essay in this book endeavour to capture the multifaceted cultural and aesthetic legacy of Rukmini Devi preserved both in India and international scholars, including dance cirtics, dance administrators, dancers, dance teachers, bueraucrats, and alumni of the world-renowned lalakshetra arts institution that Rukmini Devi founded in 1936. The essaysalso discuss Rukmini Devi`s aesthetic vision in relation to history,to tradition, her creation of ensemble dance-drama productions, and contemporary dance in the United Kingdom. |
Contents
CHAPTERS | 3 |
The Story of the Rukmini Devi | 31 |
Rukmini Devi as a Teacher Guide and Mother | 55 |
Rukmini Devi as a Theosophist | 61 |
Rukmini Devi and Animal Welfare | 67 |
Rukmini Devi and the Vegetarian Village | 81 |
A Builder of Institutions | 91 |
An Aesthetic Visionary | 97 |
Rukmini Devis | 123 |
Rukmini Devis Approach to Tradition and Beyond | 139 |
Reviving and Reforming Tradition in Contemporary | 145 |
Her New Visions | 155 |
DanceDrama | 161 |
The Birth of Bharatanatyam and the Sanskritized Body | 173 |
Rukmini Devi and Sanskritization | 195 |
Rethinking the Classical | 225 |
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