Introduction
Sunil Kothari

EARLY EXPERIMENTS
Modern Dance: The Contribution of Uday Shankar and His Associates
Kapila Vatsyayan

Tagore and Modernization of Dance
Manjusri Chaki Sircar

Traditional Dance and Contemporary Choreography
Mrinalini Sarabhai

Reflections on New Directions in Indian Dance
Chandralekha

INNOVATIONS IN SPECIFIC FORMS
Innovations in Kathak
Kumudini Lakhia

Manipuri Dances: Extending the Boundaries
Sunil Kothari

Navanritya: A Contemporary Methodology - History, Theory, Practice
Ranjabati Sircar

PERSONAL EXPERIMENTS
Search for My Tongue
Daksha Sheth

Re-membering "Winds of Shiva"
Uttara Asha Coorlawala

Creating Endless Possibilities
Astad Deboo

EXTENSIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Dance in Films
Arundhathi Subramaniam

Explorations in Bharata Natyam Abroad
Mamata Niyogi-Nakra

Growths and Outgrowths
Sanjoy Roy

Reinscribing "Indian" Dance
Uttara Asha Coorlawala

A CROSS-SECTION OF CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS