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Ontology and Grammar of Dance Exploring the contiguum of body (deha) and bhāva, To construct the theory of danceAuthor: Sonal Nimbkar 200859003 Date: 2022-11-13 Report no: IIIT/TH/2022/160 Advisor:Navjyoti Singh,Dipti Misra Sharma AbstractDance movement is not just an external body movement but internal too. It is both a physical and mental phenomena. As per Vaiśeṣika theory both these phenomena are different in nature. Mental phenomena, like thoughts, are sequential in nature, as it is in pure time. Physical phenomena, like body movement, are in time as well as space. If thoughts are to be put in front of the world, then they need body which utilizes space. How does the thought that is in mind finds expression in space using body? The link between the two, mind (mental) and body (physical), is manas (mind). Manas connects mental and physical phenomena. It helps us to understand the internal body which plays a major role in dance. It is through body that a dancer dances. Manas resides and moves in the internal body. Hence tracing the movement of manas is essential for the construction of accurate grammar of dance. We take a model of human as per Vaiśeṣika theory to interpret dance movement. According to this theory human being is made up of three basic elements, ātman (self), manas (mind) and śarīra (body). Ātman with the help of manas makes an effort (prayatna, ceṣṭā) on the muscles and joints of body to create dance. Manas is the link between ātman and śarīra. When we do a simple movement, manas actually goes to millions of places in the body. Even if we take gross [aggregate] movements of the manas moving in the body, we can model dance movement. Thus, understanding the movement of manas will help us to understand and derive the grammar of movement. We plan to specify syntax of movement, which integrates physical as well as mental aspect of the movement. Thus when the movement is executed as a conscious experience then it is noticed that certain structures emerge. These structure are the phenomenal concepts also known as movement words. These movement words are further classified giving the detail. These details are then used to reconstruct the movement. Keywords: Dance, Philosophy of mind, Phenomenology, Ontology, Bharatanāṭyam, Vaiśeṣika Darśana, Kinaesthetic Experience, Embodied Dance Full thesis: pdf Centre for Exact Humanities |
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