Introduction
Part I: Caste, Community and performance
A ritual performance of Kerala,
Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
The Patuas of Bengal,
Makbul Islam
Bards and goddesses:
The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy
Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra,
Y A Sudhakar Reddy
and
R R Harischandra
Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam,
Kishore Bhattacharjee
Part II: Performance Beyond Caste
Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics,
P Subbachary
Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka,
Guru Rao Bapat
Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala,
P K Sasidharan
India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra,
V Ramakrishna
Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing,
D Venkat Rao
Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa,
Sachi Mohanty
Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors
New directions in Indian dance,
Sunil Kothari
Transpositions in kuchipudi dance,
Aruna Bhikshu
The impact of commercialization in dance,
K Subadra Murthy
Art addressing social problems,
Ananda Shankar Jayant