Movement and Mimesis: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition

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D.K. Printworld, 2007 - Dance - 332 pages
The Book Contains Precise Characteristics Of Dances In India, Fundamental Questions About The Nature Of Dancing, Delving Deep Into Its Origin, Extending Over 2000 Years. It Makes An Exhaustive Comparative Study, The First Of Its Kind, Tracing The Growth, Techniques And Forms Of Dancing And Its Expansion By Contact With Peripheral Regional Styles, Including The Foreign Ones.

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The Literature of Dance
13
The Natyasastra and the Concept of Dance 108
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Nṛtya and Uparūpaka
154
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