Transcending gender in the performance of kathak

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Kathak, a classical dance form originating in northern India, portrays sex roles in a fluid context. The Hindu version of gender is too complex for simple duality, and some sects teach that spiritual essence can only be discovered by transcending the social limitations of gender. Kathak idealizes male and female attributes, but does not limit any character to a single gender.

Social aspects, Sex role, Sex roles, Dancing, Dance, Kathakali

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Yearning for the spiritual ideal: the influence of India on Western dance 1626-2003

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This is an excerpt from a lecture illustrated with slide projection and video photographs given at various venues in India in December, 1999 in conjunction with an exhibition of images of performing artists, costumes and decors of Western theatrical productions on Indian themes from the period 1626 to 2003.

Influence

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Dancing into modernity: multiple narratives of India's Kathak dance

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The historical periodization that marks the changing patronage in Kathak as it moved from the royal courts to state and further to corporate sponsorship as well as its evolution from a traditional practice in the pre-colonial and colonial periods to a national art form of modern India are presented here.

History

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