Dance as a Tool in Mahesh Dattani’s “Dance like a Man”

Abstract

Dance Like a Man, is a two act play written by Mahesh Dattani .The title of the play Dance Like a Man clearly justifies the theme, revealing how postcolonial society dumping humanity and their aspects on gender identity. The analyzation on the play gives clear view on post-colonial society. Dattani was brilliant enough with handling characters in his play. In the play Dance Like a Man Dattani partially differentiate the major and minor characters and brilliantly weaves the thematic connection between them. The emotional co-ordination of major and minor characters through the theme of post-colonial India gives the play breath. The theme of the play sublimate the post-colonial backdrops. Critical analysis of the play responds to the post-colonial thematic structure, which Dattani projects through his characters on themes like gender crisis, suppression, oppression, communalism etc