Tilt Pause Shift: Dance Ecologies in India

This book is an investigation of movement, particularly dance. What kind of movement is dance? What is dance in India? And, what is it to dance in India? It recognizes the diversity and complexity of practice in India, but also of the contingent (institutional) circumstances through which performances emerge and become visible.

This volume assembles writing that combines description with analytics of movement practices in India in our time. Essayists include performers, theorists, historian...