Dancing Otherness

Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Work of Uday Shankar

Bibliographic Data

ID11223343
AuthorsPrarthana Purkayastha (0000-0001-5445-134X, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume44
Issue1
Pages69-92
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDance Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0149767711000386
OpenAlexW2113371356
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited20

Uday Shankar's career as a dancer and choreographer has been under frequent inspection by dance historians and scholars in both the South Asian and Euro-American worlds. To date, some articles, books, and biographies have documented various aspects Shankar's life, which provide factual details about his performance career (Banerji 1982; Khokar 1983; Mukhopadhyay 2004; Singha and Massey 1967). While these biographies serve as an important source in their delineation of Shankar's life and his works, there have been few attempts at critical analyses and evaluation of Shankar's body of choreographic works. Scant scholarly interests in Shankar have mostly described him as one of the many exotic “oriental” dancers in Europe

Art · Dance · Nationalism · Political science · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Theater, Performance, and Music History

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