Dance Transcending Borders

Contents Acknowledgement vii Foreword Mohd- Anis MD Nor ix Introduction- Urmimala Sarkar Munsi xi Contributors xix The Asia-Pacific Remembering Chandra: Points of reference in the here and now- Rustom Bharucha 3 Dancing divine iconographies in southeast Asia- Mohd Anis MD Nor 19 From preserving national forms to reviving traditions for the world: Some recent uses of classical dance from mainland southeast Asia- Pornrat Damrhung 35 Connectivity: Dancing bodies linking culture, site and technology-Cheryl Stock 58 Boundaries and beyond: Problems of nomenclature in Indian dance history- Urmimala Sarkar Munsi 78 The Americas One plus one equals three [or more]: Dance diversity as intercultural dialogues in the pacific islands- Adrienne L. Kaeppler 101 Lost dances: Preserving the works of Canadian contemporary choreographers- Mary Jane Warner 116 Dance’s Diversity: A US perspective- Randy Martin 134 Caribbean dance within cultural and economic globalization- Yvonne Daniel 155 Problems and ideas regarding Mexican dance in the 1970s- Margarita Tortajada-Quiroz 182 Europe Indonesian dance performance in Britain: Transnational futures?- Alessandra Lopez Y Royo 199 Global and local: Tracing and danced and musical mosaic- Janet Adshead- Lansdale 215 Dance and the Shifting sands of multiculturalism: Questions from the United Kingdom- Andree Grau 232 Cross-Culturalism in dance: A historical and ideological analysis- Anne decoret-Ahiha 253