Film Screening: Naach (The Dance)
A Q&A with Director Saba Dewan and Director of Photography Rahul Roy
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Time
6 p.m.
Location
206 Ingraham Hall
Description
Originally part of the nautanki, a popular folk theatre genre of north India, the dance of the female performer today has become a replay of Bombay films and music videos that span rural and metropolitan landscape. It is a performance charged with sexual energy. The girls dance, make eye contact, and even abuse a responsive all male audience. What meanings related to the construction and practice of gender, sexuality, labor and popular culture can we read in the dance of the female performer?
Cost
Free