Introduction to Kandyan Dance and Ritual
2:30 min.
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Recorded in Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1987-89.
Directed by Wilton Martinez / Production: Susan A. Reed and Wilton Martinez
Research: Susan A. Reed / Written & Narrated by Susan A. Reed
Camera & Sound: Susan A. Reed / Editing & DVD Authoring: Wilton Martinez
Funding & support: National Science Foundation, Bucknell University, Society of Dance History Scholars
Distributed by The University of Wisconsin Press
Duration: 2:30 minutes
This video is recommended for teaching about subjects including:
ritual and symbolism
dance and performance
ethnomusicology
Sinhala cultural and national identity
Southeast Asian studies
This film presents a brief introduction to the Kandyan region in Sri Lanka and to the research project. It offers a glimpse of the variety of ritual performances, stage dances, rehearsal and training sessions that were studied and documented by Susan Reed during fieldwork she conducted in 1987-89. The series has been edited from over 50 hours of material recorded on location. A portion of the original footage has been selected for digital preservation and documentation as part of the Collection of Performance Traditions by the Ethnographic Video for Instruction & Analysis Digital Archive Project (EVIA).
References
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Obeyesekere, Gananath (1979) Popular Religions. In Modern Sri Lanka: A Society in Transition. Tissa Fernando and Robert N. Kearney, eds. pp. 201–25. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
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Reed, Susan A. (2010) Dance and the Nation. Performance, Ritual and Politics in Sri Lanka. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press.
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Reed, Susan A. (1998) The Politics and Poetics of Dance. Annual Review of Anthropology, 27: 503–32.
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