DANCING IN THE FAMILY (FREE DELIVERY)
A riveting chronicle about three generations of women who profoundly impacted the revitalization of classical dance—especially Bharatanatyam and odissi—in India and abroad. This intimate memoir begins with Esther luella, who in the Orientalist frenzy of 1920s America became increasingly immersed in Indian dance and changed her name to “Ragini Devi”, then eloped tumultuous to India. Here her stubborn pursuit of what she felt she had been reincarnated for resulted in an acclaimed career as a Bharatanatyam and Kathakali dancer. Yet a gypsy fortune-teller had predicted that her daughter fame would Eclipse her own and indeed it was Indrani rahman—rebellious, talented, beautiful, defying her mother by marrying aged fifteen—who truly brought Indian classical dance to the world stage