Dance Of India

This book is a systematic study of the art of dance incorporating every detail. The work is diligently examined and minutely analysed. It is divided into seventeen chapters dealing with its origin, history, kinds and classification, Rasa and Bhava, Gestures, aesthetics, spiritualism and important schools of dancing. There are five appendices on cinema, folk dances and music along with illustrations, in Rasa Lila, Hand Gestures etc. and an exhaustive bibliography. It is visually arresting, culturally and intellectually stimulating work extremely useful for students, dancing artists, scholars and the public at large.