This volume brings a critical lens to dance and culture within North East India Through case studies first hand accounts and interviews it explores unique folk dances of Indigenous communities of North East India that reflect diverse journeys lifestyles and connections within their ethnic groups marking almost every ritual and festival Dance for people of North East India as elsewhere is also a way of declaring establishing celebrating and asserting humans relationship with nature The book draws attention to the origins and special circumstances of dances from North East India It discusses a range of important folk dance forms alongside classical dance forms in North East India with a focus on Sattriya dance The chapters examine how these dance forms play an important role in the region s socio cultural economic and political life intertwining religion and the arts through music dance and drama Further they also explore how folk dance cultures in North East India have never been relegated to the background never considered secondary aesthetically or otherwise but have become expressions of political and cultural identity An evocative work this volume will be of interest to students and researchers of pedagogy choreography community dance practice theatre and performance studies social and cultural studies aesthetics interdisciplinary arts and more It will be an invaluable resource for artists and practitioners working in dance schools and communities

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