Performers and Their Arts

Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance









A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai





The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam





Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy





Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra





Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee





Part II: Performance Beyond Caste







Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary





Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat





Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan





India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna





Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao





Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty





Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors







New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari





Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu





The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy





Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant