Exploring queer spaces in and through the Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam
In the Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam, dancers use their body as a means to tell stories. In particular, Abhinaya, the narrative narrative technique featured in this choreutic form, provides performers with codified series of bodily attitudes, hand gestures and facial expressions through which...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Università di Pisa
2019-06-01
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Series: | Whatever |
Online Access: | https://whatever.cirque.unipi.it/index.php/journal/article/view/13 |