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Mirrors & Gestures

Conversations with Women Dancers

Summary

understand the artistes as women… living and functioning as women and as artistes in a patriarchal society that fixed them in particular ways. I wanted them to talk about their lives in general, to learn about how art was to be taken into account as a factor in their everyday lives; how they sustained their art over the years; how it influenced their decisions in life, why they continued to pursue it, did they have choices; what their family life was like; and how they looked upon life as a whole.'

Here she recounts the experiences of well known classical dancers Chandralekha, Zohra Segal, Sita Pooviah, the Jhaveri Sisters, Chandrabhaga Devi, Indrani Rehman, Leela Samson, Alarmel Valli, Malavika Sarukkai and many others.


Author: C S Lakshmi
Year: 2003
Price: Rs. 400
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: vii+472
Dimensions: 8.7 in x 5.8 in x 1.5 in
Publisher: Women Unlimited
ISBN 13: 9788186706152

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