Given to dance India's Odissi tradition

Given to dance India's Odissi tradition / a film by Ron Hess ; writer, Andrew McCord ; a Hess Productions film.

Describes the evolution of Odissi dance, associated with the Temple of Lord Jagganath of Puri, in the eastern seacoast state of Orissa, India. Captures the dynamics of an elaborate dance tradition undergoing not one, but two, reinterpretations of its essential features, and the complexities of women...

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Corporate Authors: J.E.G. Hess Productions, University of Wisconsin--Madison. Center for South Asia
Other Authors: Hess, Ron, Mudgal, Madhavi
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Hindi
Oriya
Published: Madison, WI : Center for South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985.
Series:South Asian documentary film series
Subjects:
Devadāsīs > India.
Dancers > India.
Hinduism > India > Rituals.
Dance > India > Orissa.
Odissi dance.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Videos > Dinand.
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Summary:Describes the evolution of Odissi dance, associated with the Temple of Lord Jagganath of Puri, in the eastern seacoast state of Orissa, India. Captures the dynamics of an elaborate dance tradition undergoing not one, but two, reinterpretations of its essential features, and the complexities of women's roles within those changes.
Item Description:Based on ethnography by Frédérique Apffel Marglin.
"Filmed in 1983"--Guide.
Date on film guide: 1993.
Series title from film guide.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 film guide (9 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Camera, Pramod Mathur ; field consultant, Purna Chandra Mishra.
Participant or Performer:Dancer, narrator: Madhavi Mudgal.
Language:In English, Hindi and Oriya dialogues, with English subtitles or English voice-over.

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