Ram Gopal: Interweaving Histories of Indian Dance

Both a biography and a history, this book explores the significant role that Indian dancer Ram Gopal (1912—2003) played in bringing Indian dance to international audiences from the 1930s to the late 1960s. Almost single—handedly, Gopal changed the perception of Indian dance abroad, introducing a global audience to specificity of movement, classically trained dancers, live musicians and exquisitely detailed costumes, modelled from Indian iconography.

In this much—needed study of an often—neg...