Is It All About the Hips?

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By Sangita Shresthova ’97

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(SAGE Publications) This book about Bollywood dance provides a history of the dance form and reasons for why its popularity continues to grow. Shresthova provides interviews with dancers and choreographers, as well as vivid descriptions of live and filmed dances. Shresthova is an international development specialist, filmmaker, media scholar, and dancer.

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