Word: indianness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Shanthi K. Naidu '02, who says she has been dancing the South Indian Bharata Natyam for 15 years, opened the show Friday...
...Shanthi K. Naidu '02, who says she has been dancing the South Indian Bharata Natyam for 15years, opened the show Friday...
...their way to awareness and enlightenment, while the exhibit itself attempts do make these spiritual quests into a coherent and interesting ensemble, and if does so rather well. The paintings, drawings and photographs are collected from the 16th to the 20th centuries, with a heavy Middle Eastern and Indian flavor. The themes and subject matter of these images will be new and exotic to many observers; there are more images of whirling dervishes (and seated and wandering dervishes, for that matter) than of Mary or Jesus. Spiritual searches have a world of diversity, and the customs and practices often overlooked...
...Harvard, Rigoberta Menchu's book is not required by any course but is on the recommended reading list for Professor of Anthropology David H. P. Maybury-Lewis' Anthropology 184, "Ethnicity in the Americas: The Indian Question...
...signature of Mark Morris's choreography is the fusion of different dance forms he achieves in his works. In "Rhymes with Silver," the dancers swivel their heels and move their hips to the percussive beat of a Caribbean rhythm before striking a series of poses reminiscent of Indian dance. In a particularly striking moment, a dancer waltzes with her back to the audience while five men line up behind her partner and mimic his movements. Six pairs of arms and legs moving in different directions provoked laughter from the audience...