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505 0 a| Introduction: The beginnings -- Hindu, Hinduism and Hindutva -- The Hindu dance -- The Australian mother of Kathakali -- The dancing god -- Conclusion: Temple dreaming.;

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520 a| "The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, colonialism, orientalism and nationalism came together in various combinations to make traditional Hindu temple dance into a global art form. The intricately symbolic Hindu dance in its vital form was virtually unseen and unknown in Australia until an Australian impresario, Louise Lightfoot, brought it onto the stage. Her experimental changes, which modernized Kathakali dance through her pioneering collaboration with Indian dancer Ananda Shivaram, moved the Hindu dance from the sphere of ritualistic practice to formalized stage art. Amit Sarwal argues that this movement enabled both the authentic Hindu dance and dancer to gain recognition worldwide and created in his persona a cultural guru and ambassador on the global stage. Ideal for anyone with an interest in global dance, The Dancing God is an in-depth study of how a unique dance form evolved in the meeting of travellers and cultures"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The dancing god staging Hindu dance in Australia / Amit Sarwal.

Author/creator	Sarwal, Amit
Format	Electronic
Edition	First Edition.
Publication Info	New York : Routledge, 2020.
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects	Lightfoot, Louise. Dance and transnationalism--Australia. Dance--Religious aspects. --Hinduism.. Dance $z Australia. Kathakali--Australia. Hinduism--Australia.

Portion of title	Staging Hindu dance in Australia
Contents	Introduction: The beginnings -- Hindu, Hinduism and Hindutva -- The Hindu dance -- The Australian mother of Kathakali -- The dancing god -- Conclusion: Temple dreaming.
Abstract	"The Dancing God: Staging Hindu Dance in Australia charts the sensational and historic journey of de-provincialising and popularising Hindu dance in Australia. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, colonialism, orientalism and nationalism came together in various combinations to make traditional Hindu temple dance into a global art form. The intricately symbolic Hindu dance in its vital form was virtually unseen and unknown in Australia until an Australian impresario, Louise Lightfoot, brought it onto the stage. Her experimental changes, which modernized Kathakali dance through her pioneering collaboration with Indian dancer Ananda Shivaram, moved the Hindu dance from the sphere of ritualistic practice to formalized stage art. Amit Sarwal argues that this movement enabled both the authentic Hindu dance and dancer to gain recognition worldwide and created in his persona a cultural guru and ambassador on the global stage. Ideal for anyone with an interest in global dance, The Dancing God is an in-depth study of how a unique dance form evolved in the meeting of travellers and cultures"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2019038834
ISBN	9780367266004 (Hardback)
ISBN	(eBook)

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