Dance as Yoga
The Spirit and Technique of Odissi
Paper Type: Art Paper (Matt) | Size: 248mm x 178mm
All colour; 166 colour photographs and 41 illustrations; 228 pages; hardback
ISBN-10: 938528584X | ISBN-13: 978-93-85285-84-4
1495 | 35 | 25
Dance
as Yoga addresses the
background, technique and embodiment of the odissi dance form. It describes
odissi’s mechanism for creating, dispersing, and expressing energy, as well as
some early experiments in choreography that extended its accepted parametres
with reference to Choreological Studies. It is meant for both performers and
audiences to better appreciate the reasons for the restraints inherent in such
dance forms and, by doing so, have an informed appreciation of innovation that
builds on traditional strengths.
Rekha Tandon
Author
Rekha Tandon is a choreographer and researcher in odissi with an
interdisciplinary background. She has a BA in architecture from the School of
Planning and Architecture in New Delhi, an MA in History of Art from the
National Museum in New Delhi, and a PhD in Dance Studies from Laban, London.
She is the cofounder and Artistic Director of Danceroutes, now working at Skandavan
beside Auroville, in Tamil Nadu, India.