The Dance /

The Dance / a film by Saba Dewan - [2008] - 1 DVD (84 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Sonpur cattle fair in rural Bihar comes alive every evening when more than fifty girls take to the stage and dance for an all male audience. A barbed wire fence separates the performers from the spectators. It is a dance charged with sexual energy. The girls dance, make eye contact, beckon, gesticulate and even abuse a highly responsive all male audience.


Dance for women --Sociological aspects.--India
Dance --Sociological aspects.--India
Women dancers --India.

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