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Exploring Manipuri Solo Dance Through the Compositions of Thiyam Tarunkumar Singh

Author(s) Ms. Moirangthem Dhaneshwori Devi, Dr. Laimayum Subhadra Devi
Country India
Abstract The 20th-century migration of Manipuri dance from the sacred Mandap to the secular proscenium stage transformed a collective ritual into an individualized art form. Yet, the solo genre remains structurally underdeveloped compared to the highly codified group traditions of Raas Leela and Sankirtana. Despite Guru Thiyam Tarunkumar's pivotal role in addressing this developmental gap, his choreographic legacy remains underexamined in contemporary solo dance discourse. This paper explores the solo genre's structural deficiencies by examining Tarunkumar's compositional and pedagogical innovations. Through qualitative content analysis of his 1964 treatise Manipuri Nritya Praveshika and semi-structured oral history interviews with senior disciples N. Tiken Singh and Yaikhom Hemanta, this study categorizes Tarunkumar's works into four distinct formats: Bhakti-oriented narratives, stage-adapted narratives, folk-inspired themes, and experimental improvisations. The research finds that Tarunkumar's four choreographic formats established a modular system enabling soloists to transition from devotional interiority to narrative clarity, demonstrating that his body-conditioning methodology directly addressed the technical exposure inherent in solo performance. By investigating these mid-20th-century innovations, this paper reveals that Tarunkumar did not provide a fully codified framework but rather generated generative ideas for using the body to explore movement—offering contemporary practitioners creative pathways to evolve further the Manipuri solo dance genre as an autonomous, expressive tradition
Keywords Manipuri Dance, Solo Performance, Thiyam Tarunkumar, Choreographic Taxonomy, Pedagogy, Body Conditioning
Field Arts
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-22
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