Akram Khan : dancing new interculturalism /

Akram Khan : dancing new interculturalism /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mitra, Royona, 1978- author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Description:	xviii, 197 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New world choreographies New world choreographies.
Subject:	Khan, Akram, -- 1974- -- Criticism and interpretation. Khan, Akram, -- 1974- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10300576

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ISBN:	9781137393654 (hardback) 1137393653 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"--

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Summary:	Through seven key case studies from Khan's oeuvre, this book demonstrates how Akram Khan's 'new interculturalism' is a challenge to the 1980s western 'intercultural theatre' project, as a more nuanced and embodied approach to representing Othernesses, from his own position of the Other.
Physical Description:	xviii, 197 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781137393654 1137393653