Abhinaya Darpanam: An Illustrated Translation

Dance studies across genres require multiple approaches for an understanding of the sociological, phenomenological political cultural philosophical and aesthetical practices that influences the dance's kinesthetic and existential character. In the context of Bharatanatyam, the moment of explaining shifting ideologies and its impact on the form content and process, is a moment of convergence of past and present, dancer and society. This convergence has been so enduring that while dancers have found new ways of expressing in the language of Bharatanatyam, recourse is taken to the traditional texts for understanding the tenets of its practice.