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Assoicate Professor of the Practice of and Dance Teaching (Spring 2024):
- Dance 101.01, Introduction to dance
Synopsis
- Rubenstein 131, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM
- Dance 368.01, Gender in dance and theatre
Synopsis
- Rubenstein 131, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
Education:
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison 2000
- M.A. University of California - Los Angeles 1992
- Specialties:
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Performance Studies
Technique Representative Publications (More Publications)
- Shah, P. "Performing Migration: the Journeys of Indian Dance in America." Attendance: the Dance Annual of India 15 (2013): 54-61.
- Shah, Purnima. Documentary film, Dancing with the Goddess: the Ras-Garba Traditions of Gujarat.. 2012.
- Shah, P. "“Dance: 1200-1900 CE” Cultural Sociology of West, Central and South Asia.." Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia and Africa Encyclopedia. Sage Reference IV, part II (2012).
- Shah, P. Bhakti Andolana Prerita Natya ane Nrtya Prakaromam Bhaktirasa ane Madhuryabhava = The Concept of Bhaktirasa and Madhurabhava in the Bhakti Genre of Indian Dance-Theatre.. B. J. Institue of Learning and Research,
2010.
- Shah, P. "Physio-Spiritual Transcendence through the Practice of Devotional Dance-Theatre in India." Repertorio: Teatro & Danca, University of Bahia 15:18 (2012): 43-48. [abs]
- Shah, Purnima. Editor, South Asia and South-east Asia Volume,. 2006-09.
- Shah, Purnima. Garba Dance and Goddess Worship in Gujarat, India (in-progress). 2013.
- Shah, P. "Randala Ritual: Women’s Heritage and Identity in Gujarat, India." Ritual, Heritage and Identity: The Politics of Culture and Performance in a Globalized World (2011).
- Shah, P. "Innovative Approaches in Contemporary Kathak Dance: a Choreographic Appreciation." Nartanam, a Quarterly Journal of Indian Dance XI:3 (September,
2011): 66-77.
- Shah, P. "Some Issues on Gender Politics in the Bhakti Genre of Dance-Theatre Performance." Samipya Journal of Indology XXV:3-4 (October,
2009): 1-33.
- Shah, P. "Negotiating Gender in Contemporary Kathak Dance Choreography." Samipya Journal of Indology XXV:1-2 (April,
2008): 1-15.
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