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Title: Chhau Dance of Purulia
Description: Calcutta, Rabindra Bharati University, 1972. orig.boards. 25x18cm, (30),112 pp.. 20pp photoplates.. Rubbed. Small dent to cover edge. Good. ¶ Contents: Purulia, a District of Folk-songs & Folk-dances; The Anthropological Backround; The Origin of Chhau Dance; The Characterisrtics of Chhau; The Performance; Repertoire; Chhau of Purulia and Kathakali of Kerala; The Costume & Artificial Limbs; The Mask-makers and their Village; Deviation in Seraikella and Mayurbhanj; The Music; The Technique; Similarity with Dances of Bali; Appendices: Additional Notes on the Music [by David Reck]: Additional Notes on the Technique of Dance [by Milena Salvini].

Keywords: Indian Ethnochoreography, Chhau Folk Dance, Ethnology, West Bengal Dances, Purulia Ethnography, India South Asia, Ethnomusicology, Musicology, Anthropology, Choreography

Price: US$ 59.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS023156I