Nilanjana bhattacharya biography examples

Nilanjana Bhattacharya*

Abstract

In Bengal, colonial modernity manifested itself through several channels, new literary/artistic genres being some of them.

Nrityanatya or dance-drama is one such genre that was introduced in Bengal in the twentieth century by Rabindranath Thakur (1861–1941).

Nilanjana bhattacharya biography examples

His dance dramas are unique in several ways, including occupying space in the arenas of literature as well as performance. Trying to address this fluidity that enables the genre to function in multiple platforms, this essay ventures to understand the generic characteristics of the genre dance-drama, along with the fluid dance form Rabindranritya, and how they contributed to the “dance movement.”

Keywords:Nrityanatya, modernity, Rabindranritya, Chitrangada, Chandalika, Shyama

Gurudev (Rabindranath) regarded dance as a moving art of the body.

He felt exalted in the joy of its rhythm. Therefore, without any hesitation he managed to initiate a lively dance movement in Santiniketan. [He did