RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

The Post Natyam Collective engages in scholarly research that reflects its critical, border-crossing approach to contemporary South Asian performance. Drawing on academic disciplines such as performance studies, dance studies, postcolonial theory, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, literary theory, gender studies, and film theory, our writing and scholarship view South Asian dance through the lens of our contemporary, globalizing realities while probing the historical erasures and aesthetic constructs embedded within our traditions.

The research of Post Natyam Collective members takes many forms and often blends the line between art-making and academic scholarship. Our scholarly output has taken the form of published academic papers, conference presentations, lectures, copy editorial work, art books, and archival documentation of the collective’s creative processes. The writing and research of Post Natyam Collective members has been presented in Canada, France, India, and the USA.

On this page you can find information about current research, artbooks, bibliographies and resources we have compiled about topics relating to South Asian dance and performance as well as themes and topics that are and have been central in our work.