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Dance has been the carrier of my thoughts: Astad Deboo


Dance has been the carrier of my thoughts: Astad Deboo
Dance has been the carrier of my thoughts: Astad Deboo | India Today Insight
In a career spanning four decades, Astad Deboo, the late dance maestro, introduced India to a unique technique, a fusion of several classical styles
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Dancing legend Astad Deboo (Ritam Banerjee)
The demise of Astad Deboo, 73, is a monumental loss to the world of Indian contemporary dance. His movement vocabulary, which he described as “meditative and minimalist”, was an amalgamation of his many influences. It was also distinctly his own. There were elements of Kathak, which he learned from Guru Prahlad Das in Kolkata; the theatricality of Kathakali, which came from his three-year stint with Guru E. Krishna Panicker in Kerala; and whirling, one of the most awe-inspiring aspects of his dance, which Deboo said he discovered in a discotheque in Mexico. ....

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


Astad Deboo | The man who imbued modern dance with narrative form of treatment
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His socio-political concepts stirred their conscience and kept them rooted to the ground realities
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His socio-political concepts stirred their conscience and kept them rooted to the ground realities
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. ....

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