Astad Deboo | The man who imbued modern dance with narrative form of treatment
4 years, 1 month ago

Astad Deboo | The man who imbued modern dance with narrative form of treatment

The Hindu  

When Astad Deboo took the stage, it was difficult to fathom when Kathak merged into Kathakali and when Martha Graham dance technique made its presence felt. Holistic in comprehending the Indian and Western dance aesthetics, Deboo imbued modern dance with a narrative form of treatment and blended facial expressions with body movements to tell tales of contemporary India. Like Indian classical dance can’t teach you how to do a split, western dance forms can’t make you bring out bhakti bhava and shringar rasa,” he said. Inspired by Pina Bausch’s work, where she played with dance and theatre, in “Insomnia” and “Mangalore Street”, he collaborated with theatre practitioner Sunil Shanbag to aesthetically juxtapose the two art forms.

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