Gaudiya Dance : A Collection of Seminar Papers/edited by Pallab Sengupta,
Manabendu Banerjee and Mahua Mukherjee. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2005,
ix, 120 p., illus.
Gaudiya Dance : A Collection of Seminar Papers/edited by Pallab Sengupta,
Manabendu Banerjee and Mahua Mukherjee. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2005,
ix, 120 p., illus.
Contents: Foreword. Prelude. 1. Bengal contacts with Tamilnad/R. Nagaswamy. 2. Dance in the sculptures and paintings of Bengal/Mahua Mukherjee. 3. Devadasi of Bengal/Banani Chakraborty. 4. The technical aspects of Gaudiya Nrtya/Payel Roy. 5. Hastabhinaya of Gaudiya Nrtya/Debjani Dutta. 6. Aharya Abhinaya of Gaudiya Nrtya/Sukla Banik. 7. Margam of Gaudiya Nrtya/Barnali Debnath. 8. Influence of Natyasastra on Gaudiya Nrtya/Ambali Praharaja. 9. Odra-Magadhi: Gaudiya Nrtya and Odisi Nrtya/Ranjana Dutta. 10. Depiction of dance in the popular literature of Bengal/Urmimala Sarkar.
From the foreword: "This collection of essays on Gaudiya Dance brings to the notice of scholars a distinct style of dance, hitherto uninvestigated, which is characterized by a beautiful blending of devotional religion and art. Dance, music and drama constitute the essential features of Gaudiya Dance. Each of these features form a wholesome symbiosis. This dance seems to have considerably influenced the other classical dances of India. What is really remarkable is that Gaudiya Dance is essentially a Vaisnava form of dance, the technical aspects of which were explained in a number of scriptural works." (jacket)