ABSTRACT
The book builds on an earlier publication titled Dance Matters, edited by Pallabi Chakravorty and Nilanjana Gupta (Routledge, 2009), which attempted to bring together a variety of approaches to Dance and Performance studies related to not just ‘classical’ forms, but traditional, popular and context-specific dance practices. Dance and Performance research has grown in complexity and nuance in the past few decades. This book highlights Indian dance histories, audiences, markets and state control of the arts as competing narratives with many actors and agents of change. The chapters are accompanied by rich illustrations that support and augment the material.
