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The Indian Performing Arts in the Last Twenty-five Years

VOLUME I MUSIC AND DANCE

Editors BIMALMUKHERJEE Music DRSUNILKOTHARI Dance

ANAMIKA KALA SANGAM RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS CALCUTTA CONTENTS MUSIC

Foreword Shankar VII The Time and the Book S. S. Kanoria DC Thanksgiving B. D. Sureka XI Publisher's Note M. L. Lohia XIII Celebrating a Period Dr. Pabitra Sarkar XV Editorial 1 Vinay Chandra Maudgalaya Indian : A Panoramic View 5 The Symbol Dr Vidyadhar Vyas 11 The Critic Reviewed Nilaksha Gupta 19 State of Archival Music with Particular Reference to R C Mehta 25 Tradition in Instrumental Music 33 Music, the Intrinsic Integrator M R Gautam 37 Western Classical Music in : Emerging Trends Chintamoni Rath 43 Thoughts on 51 Classical, Folk and Regional Music Dr Susheela Misra 59 Neo-Classicism in Music Bimal Mukherjee 67 The in Indian Music Jagjit Singh 75 Modern Compositions of the Forties and Fifties Salil Chowdhury 81 Bandishes in Classical Music Ustad Vilayet Khan 85 Rock and : The Indo-West Music Interface Dr Ananda Lai 89 Violin in Indian Classical Music Dr Ν Rajam 99 Popularisation of Music through Concerts and Appreciation Pandit Bhimsen 103 Innovation in Uncommon Raga Music Ustad 107 Rhythm and Percussion : Experience and Experiment Ustad 111 Classical Music in Television Prakash Wadhera 115 DANCE

Editorial 131 The Indian Arts, their Ideational Background and Principles of Form Dr (Smt) 137 The Experience of Jiwan Pani 149 The Romantic Tradition in Poetry and Dance Κ S Srinivasan 157 Padams, the Lyrics with Reference to the Nayikas in Indian Dance 163 Bharata Natyam and the Music of the North Sucheta Chapekar 171 Innovative Choreography in Kathak 175 Kathak and Aesthetic Theory Today S Κ Saxena 183 The Manipuri Dance : Art of Subdued Eloquence Ε Nilkantha Singh 189 Manipuri Dancing Darshanajhaveri 195 Significance of Aharya Abhinaya in Kathakali Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty 199 Female Impersonation in Kuchipudi Dance-Drama Tradition Dr Pappu Venugopal Rao 203 Restoration of Behaviour Richard Schechner 207 Recreating Mohini Attam DR(Smt).KanakRele 215 Chhau Traditions : Transformation from Village Square to Metropolitan Stage Prakriti Kashyap 223 Explorations of Mayurbhanj Chhau : Non-Indian Myths and Experimentations Illeana Citaristi 227 Issues in Indian Dance 231 Choreography 237 Tagore and Modernisation of Indian Dance Dr (Smt) Manjusri Chaki Sircar 243 Contemporary Dance : Points of Departure Ranjabati Sircar 255 Dancing Interculturally Uttara Asha Coorlawalla 261 Problems of Dance Research Hema Govindarajan 271 Dance Notation G Venu 277 Dance Criticism Dr 285 Media and Indian Dance B V K Sastry 291 Television and Classical Dance 295 Dance in Indian Cinema V A K Ranga Rao 299 A Personal View of Cinema, Dance and One Hundred Years of Non-Solitude Arun Khopkar 307 Immanence Kumar Shahani 315 Expression in Dance : East and West Selmajean Cohen 319 The Role of the Asia Society of New York Beate Gordon 323 The Role of Spic Macay 327