Akram Khan : dancing new interculturalism / Royona Mitra, Brunel University London, UK.

Author: Mitra, Royona, 1978-
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Physical Description: xviii, 197 pages ; 23 cm.

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New world choreographies

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- ContentsPrefaceList of ImagesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1.Khan's Body-Of-Action2.Corporeal Gestures in Gnosis (2010)3.Auto-ethnography and Loose in Flight (1999)4.'Third Space' Politics in Zero Degrees (2005) and Desh (2011)5.Mobility and Flexibility in Bahok (2008)6.Queering Normativity in iTMOi (2013)ConclusionNotesReferencesAppendix: List of Performances.

Summary

"Akram Khan: Dancing New Interculturalism analyses the relationship between this seminal British-Asian choreographer's complex identity-positions and his art through the lens of 'new interculturalism'. Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Khan's philosophy and aesthetic of 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s predominantly western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other. Additionally, the book challenges popular perception of Khan's art as contemporary South Asian dance by suggesting that, instead, Khan uses South Asian dramaturgical principles to transform the western contemporary dance landscape in intercultural ways. Offering the first full-length investigation of Akram Khan's work, this book is essential reading for students, researchers, practitioners and fans of Khan's work"--

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Criticism, interpretation, etc

ISBN

9781137393654 (hardback)
1137393653 (hardback)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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