REGINALD MASSEY
 
 
 
An authority on the culture, religion, music and dance of India. Some of his books are standard works and used by international bodies such as New York's Lincoln Center. In 2002 he delivered the keynote address to inaugurate the Indian Classical Dance Season at the Edinburgh Festival. He wrote and narrated the BBC's well known documentary on Kathakali, the dance drama of Kerala. Later he wrote and produced BANGLADESH I LOVE YOU, a new style travel-docu that starred the boxing phenomenon Muhammad Ali. He has written for leading papers such as THE TIMES and THE GUARDIAN and has been a critic
of THE DANCING TIMES of London for nearly four decades. He wrote the Indian music entry for EVERYMAN'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA and the Indian dance entry for THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF DANCE AND BALLET. His wife, actress Jamila Massey, has co-authored three books with him.
Reginald Massey was born in Lahore, then in British India. He now lives in Britain.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Society of Authors.
Email address: books@reginaldmassey.co.uk
 

THE SPLINTERED MIRROR, a collection of poems (with Som Parkash Ranchan)

THE IMMIGRANTS: a novel, (with Jamila Massey)

INDIAN DANCES: Their History and Growth (with Rina Singha)

THE MUSIC OF INDIA (with Jamila Massey)

THE DANCES OF INDIA (with Jamila Massey)


the dances of india





ALL INDIA: a cultural travel guide (Edited and largely written by Reginald Massey)

ASIAN DANCE IN BRITAIN

LAMENT OF A LOST HERO and OTHER POEMS

INDIA'S KATHAK DANCE: Past, Present, Future


indias kathak dance





INDIA'S DANCES: Their History, Technique and Repertoire

AZAADI! - A Collection Of Indian Stories.

Forthcoming book:

INDIA: Definitions and Clarifications