Dancing in Place: Mythopoetics and the Production of History in Kuchipudi

In the twenty-first century, the term “ kuchipudi ” refers to a style of dance, a South Indian classical genre which, to the untrained eye, is indistinguishable from its better-known cousin, bharatanatyam. After India achieved Independence from the British in 1947, kuchipudi came to be known as a da...

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Published in:Yearbook for traditional music 2015, Vol.47, p.1-26
Main Author: Putcha, Rumya S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Cultural heritage
Dance
Dissertations & theses
Feminism
Gender identity
History
Middle class
Music
Narratives
Postcolonialism
Seminars
Tourism
Traditions
Transnationalism
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Summary:In the twenty-first century, the term “ kuchipudi ” refers to a style of dance, a South Indian classical genre which, to the untrained eye, is indistinguishable from its better-known cousin, bharatanatyam. After India achieved Independence from the British in 1947, kuchipudi came to be known as a dance style synonymous with the Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi 's metonymic status reveals a broader logic of linguistic, geographically grounded identitarianism; indeed, the dance known today as kuchipudi is said to hail from a physical place called Kuchipudi, an otherwise nondescript fanning village located about fifty kilometres southeast of Vijayawadain central Andhra Pradesh (see figure 1).
ISSN:0740-1558
2304-3857
DOI:10.5921/yeartradmusi.47.2015.0001