Performers and Their Arts

Introduction  Part I: Caste, Community and performance 

1. A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai











2. The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam











3. Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy











4. Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra











5. Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee










Part II: Performance Beyond Caste












6. Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary











7. Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat











8. Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan











9. India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna











10. Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao











11. Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty










Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors












12. New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari











13. Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu











14. The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy











15. Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant