Textual Tradition of Dance and Music

IGNCA regularly invites scholars from different disciplines to give lectures on the topics of their choice. Here is a thematic account of some of the lectures organized in the Centre.

Textual Tradition of Dance and Music

An interesting lecture on The Contribution of Matanga’s Treatise Brhaddesi in Ancient Indian Musical Thought on music was given by Dr. Premlata Sharma, the noted musicologist and academic. The lecture brought out the special features of the text which ushered in new trends of technique and thought in music. A critical edition and translation of the text by Dr. Sharma is being brought out by IGNCA.

Dr. R. Satyanarayana, the Mysore-based academic and scholar spoke on Textual Tradition of Indian Dance. He highlighted the integral vision that illuminates the arts, corroborated by tradition and augmented with literary, sculptural and epigraphical sources. The speech threw light on the different texts and studies on dancing and their varied treatment of the subject.

Continuing the discussion on dance, Dr. Mandakranta Bose, the U.S. based researcher on Indian dance examined the historical process of the evolution of dancing in India as found in the Sanskrit texts. Her lecture on The Idea of Dance in the Sanskrit Tradition traced the development of Indian dance. In India dance tradition permitted the assimilation of new forms and techniques and consequently the redefinition of its purpose and scope. A lot of discussion and debate ensued from the audience, which made it a lively forum of exchange.

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