Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Sheth, Daksha
2. Sharma, Bharat
3. Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957.
4. Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.

Description

1. 1 cassette. 144 min. : sd. color PAL.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Subject

1. Chhau (Dance)
2. Kathak (Dance)

Contents

1. CONTENTS: Solo performance by Daksha Sheth, given in Oulu, Finland, on January 3, 1988, consisting of: Four traditional Kathak dances, including Saraswati vandana (invocation to the goddess); pure dance in Taal dhamar; Thumri (abhinaya or expressional dance); pure dance in Teental. - Summer (innovative dance in Kathak style). Chor: Daksha Sheth; mus: Antonio Vivaldi; artistic direction: Devissaro. - Natraj (traditional Chhau dance). Chor: Traditional, adapted for the stage by Guru Krishna Chandra Naik; mus: Traditional. - Adya (innovative dance in Chhau style). Chor: Daksha Sheth; mus: Jean Sibelius; artistic direction: Devissaro. Includes narration by Daksha Sheth. - Performance of six innovative dances by Daksha Sheth, Bharat Sharma, and Vishnakant Singha, given at Srirah Centre, April 30, 1986. Voice-over introduction. [The video image in this segment is of poor quality.] - Rehearsal by Daksha Sheth.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-673

Note

1. Videotape of two performances of traditional and innovative Kathak and Chhau dances given by Daksha Sheth and others in 1986 and 1988, and of part of a rehearsal by Daksha Sheth.

Title

1. Daksha Sheth (Videotape)

Imprint

1. 1986-88.

Local subject

1. Chhau (Dance)

Added author

1. Sheth, Daksha, choreographer, dancer. Narrator
2. Sharma, Bharat, dancer.
3. Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Composer
4. Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Composer

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-673