PICKING (ON) PREFIXES
Graphic-Essay

Dilapidated documents, discontinued rituals, disused monuments and lingering songs, together speak of the complex historical and contemporary processes involved in

prefixing dance. Eschewing binary responses of reification or rejection, the essay asks Rukmiṇi Devi (1904-1986): What is the continued relevance of the “national” and “classical” prefixes for the body of a dancer today? .. pondering the contemporary affordances of freedom within prefixity