Research
I am currently a PhD Scholar at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus, Bengaluru, where I explore aesthetics and choreography in classical dance. Using concepts and philosophies of Indian Aesthetics as tools, I seek to define a śāstric framework (framework of practical and conceptual aesthetics) for classical dance, with a specific focus on Bharatanatyam.
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Deepti Navaratna, Music Brain and Creativity LAB, NIAS
Areas of Interest: Dance, Aesthetics, Choreography, Rasa, Nāṭyaśāstra, Bharatanāṭyam, Indian Aesthetics (Alankarashastra), Performance Studies
Working Papers
Hoskere, Divya & Navaratna, Deepti (2024), An Indian-Aesthetics Approach to Non-Representational Dance – Interpreting Nṛtta in the Frameworks of Rasa, Aucitya and Dhvani, PhilArchive [Preprint].
Hoskere, Divya & Navaratna, Deepti (2024), Beauty to Bliss: Philosophical and Spiritual Perspectives on Nṛtta