Reflections of dance along the Brahmaputra : celebrating dance in North East India
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Reflections of dance along the Brahmaputra : celebrating dance in North East India
（Celebrating dance in Asia and the Pacific / series editor, Stephanie Burridge）
Routledge, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This volume brings a critical lens to dance and culture within North East India. Through case studies, firsthand accounts, and interviews, it explores unique folk dances of Indigenous communities of North East India that reflect diverse journeys, lifestyles, and connections within their ethnic groups, marking almost every ritual and festival.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Glimpses of the dance world of North-East India 2. Sattriya dance: A narrative of its journey through the ages 3. Moving objects and thinking body: A dancer's narrative 4. Discovering Sannidhi/a confluence: A dance exchange between Assam and Aotearoa, New Zealand 5. Kherai's dance world: Promoting solidarity and tradition 6. The dance and the dancers: Tradition and innovation within the indigenous performances of the ritual dance of the Hudum Deo 7. Identity revivalism through folk dances amongst the tribal communities of Assam 8. Bihu performance of the Morans of Assam 9. Social media and the politics of dance 10. Gender and dance: "Gazing" at the Doudini and the female Sattriya and Bihuwoti dancers 11. Reflections on dance education workshops in Assam: Towards critical and creative thinking 12. Echoing the rhythm: Voices of school dance teachers 13. Dancers' voices 14. Dance through the performers' lens 15. Studio dance teachers' journeys 16. The performers of folk dances
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