"Nāṭya From Within": A Practical Theology-Based Analysis of Classical Indian Dance Pedagogy in the United States 公开
Devarajan, Arthi (2010)
Abstract
"Nāṭya From Within":
A Practical Theology-Based Analysis of
Classical Indian Dance Pedagogy in the United States
by Arthi Devarajan
This dissertation analyzes pedagogies of classical South Indian
dance in the
United States, to determine the ways that pedagogical practices
create and inform
theology, social organization, and religious and cultural identity
for participating dance
communities. The primary theoretical framework guiding the research
of this dissertation
comes from practical theology - namely, the study of religious
practices as living,
prescriptive negotiations of communal value. The dissertation
features ethnographic
research at three field sites: the Natyanjali School of Dance (a
suburban, primarily South
Indian community in Andover, MA), the Fine Arts Society
Natya-Adhyayana-Gurukulam
(a residential summer camp in rural Virginia focused on Bharata
Natyam, a classical
South Indian genre of dance), and the Triveni School of Dance (an
urban, ethnically
diverse community of dancers in Boston). Through performance
analysis and the study
of dancers' narratives, I explore how embodied practice, discursive
exchange, social
organization, performance, and imagination combine to form
frameworks of religious and
ethical knowledge in these communities. I conclude that through
teaching and learning
dance, communities of dancers negotiate a practical theology -
social values and
hierarchy, ethics, and religious identity - particular to the
American Hindu diaspora.
Dance, in this context, creates a matrix of social and ethical
principles informed by bodily
practice, experience, and imagination, as well as traditional
sources of Hindu religious
authority such as religious narrative, ritual, sacred image, and
canonical scripture.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction…………......................................…..………….….. 1
Chapter 2. The Creative Margins: Theory and Method
for the Study of Dance Practices……............................................….. 33
Chapter 3. The Religious and Social Education of Dance:
Pedagogic, Interpretive, and Devotional Practices
at the Natyanjali School of Dance…….....………………….......................... 91
Chapter 4. Building Imaginative Landscapes
through Practices of Dance:
the Natya-Adhyayana-Gurukulam…………………..........……....….........….. 168
Chapter 5. Performing Identity: Practices of Interpretation, Achievement,
and Belonging at the Triveni School of Dance………….....................….. 245
Chapter 6. Epilogue: Notes on Ethnographic Responsibility
and Friendship in the Field…..…..................................................... 335
Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Value of Practical Theology in the
Study of Dance…......................................................................... 345
Illustrations……........................................................................... 370
Appendices…………………................................................................ 373
Glossary……………......................................................................... 380
Bibliography…………….…................................................................ 396
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