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Author Mitra, Royona, 1978- author.

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

Publication Info. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages) : color illustrations.
text file
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series New World Choreographies
New world choreographies.
Contents 1. Khan's Body-Of-Action -- 2. 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).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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"-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Khan, Akram, 1974- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Khan, Akram, 1974-
Criticism and interpretation.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Modern.
Choreography.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Choreography.
Performing Arts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Mitra, Royona, 1978- Akram Khan 9781137393654 (DLC) 2015001177 (OCoLC)900031209
ISBN 9781137393661 (electronic book)
1137393661 (electronic book)
9781349483631
134948363X
9781137393654
1137393653
Standard No. 10.1057/9781137393661