Preface

(1) I follow the practice of not using initial capitals when writing the name of Indian classical dance genres (or styles, as they usually called) in order to put them on a par with Euro-American dance genres e.g ballet, contemporary. It is, in a sense, a political statement : not using capitals destabilises the hegemony of Euro-American forms, usually posited as universal. In my view the use of a capital letter when discursing about Indian classical dance genres reinforces their ethnicity and otherness. This practice has been actively promoted by several south asian dancers and dance makers.

Endnotes: 1. Introduction. The dance/archaeology conjunction

Endnotes: 2. Dancing ancient text and temple sculptures

Endnotes: 3. Odissi, temple rituals and temple sculptures

Endnotes: 4. Dance: cross-cultural representation

Endnotes: 5. Dance and site: choreographing Prambanan

Endnotes: 6. RePresenting dance: Plastic Jungle

Endnotes: 7. RePresenting dance: archaeology and dance photography

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