Natyasastra and the Body in Performance

Essays on Indian Theories of Dance and Drama

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

The Natyasastra is the deep repository of Indian performance studies. It embodies centuries of performance knowledge developed in South Asia on a range of conceptual issues and practical methodologies of the body. The composition of the Natyasastra is attributed to Sage Bharatha, and dates back to between 200 BC and AD 200. Written in Sanskrit, the text contains 6000 verse stanzas integrated in 36 chapters discussing a wide range of issues in theatre arts, including dramatic composition; construction of the playhouse; detailed analysis of the musical scales; body movements; various types of acting; directing; division of stage space; costumes; make-up; properties and musical instruments.As a discourse on performance, the Natyasastra is an extensive documentation of terminologies, concepts and methodologies. This book presents 14 scholarly essays exploring the Natyasastra from the multiple perspectives of Indian performance studies--epistemological, aesthetic, scientific, religious, ethnological and practical.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-01-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786471782

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Teater inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Sreenath Nair is a senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln’s School of Performing Arts in the United Kingdom.

Recensioner i media

“the volume provides suggestive ways not only of considering the impact of a unique, provocative ancient text on India’s rich drama and dance cultures but also of understanding Western drama and dance aesthetics and practices...recommended” —Choice.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword (M. Krzysztof Byrski)Introduction: The Natyasastra and the Body in the Natyasastra (Sreenath Nair)A Note on OrthographySection 1: EpistemologyThe Natyasastra: Explicit and Implicit (Kapila Vatsyayan)Epistemology of Aesthetic Experience: Some Reflections on the Natyasastra (Vashishtha Jha)Section 2: AestheticsAbhinaya Redefined (M. Krzysztof Byrski)Rasa: Abhinavagupta on the Purpose(s) of Art (Daniele Cuneo)Comedy, Consciousness and the Natyasastra (Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe)Brat Tvam Asi: Rasa as a “Conscious State” (David Mason)Section 3: NeuroscienceRasaesthetics: The Enteric Nervous System in Performance (Richard Schechner)Synesthetics: Rasa as Metaphors in Performance (Sreenath Nair)Rasa Is/As/And Emotional Contagion (Erin B. Mee)Section 4: Religion, Ritual and Kutiyattam The Aesthetics of Kutiyattam (K. Ayyappa Paniker)Actor’s Imagination: Kutiyattam and the Natyasastra (Arya Madhavan)The Religious Background of the Natyasastra Tradition (Natalia Lidova)Section 5: Transcultural Theory and Performance PracticeZero Plus One: Beckett and the Natyasastra (Ralph Yarrow)Darshana and Abhinaya: An Alternative to Male Gaze (Uttara Asha Coorlawala)About the ContributorsIndex