Beyond the Silver Screen

Bollywood and Filmi Dance in the UK

Bibliographic Data

ID11447372
AuthorsAnn R David (0000-0002-9429-2002, School of Arts/School of Business, Roehampton University, Roehampton Lane, London SW15, UK. [email: ], corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume27
Issue1
Pages5-24
Publication date2007-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asia Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0262-7280 • E-ISSN: 1741-3141
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/026272800602700101
OpenAlexW2119395647
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited33

This article first highlights the relative paucity of literature on South Asian dance and provides a brief overview of existing material. It then examines particularly the influence of filmi or Bollywood dance on South Asian dance practices in the UK. It locates film dance within the Bollywood genre, noting its recent acceptance as a new form of popular culture and its attractions for the younger generation of British Asians. The place of dance in Hindi films is analysed and discussed briefly to con-textualise the relationship between such film dances and South Asian dance practices in Britain. Using evidence from fieldwork gathered in Leicester and London amongst dance teachers and students of South Asian dance, the article questions notions of identity, authenticity, tradition and the changing nature of dance transmission as Bollywood forms grow in popularity

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Hindi · Identity (music · Linguistics · Media studies · Popularity · Sociology · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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