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Uday Shankar (born Uday Shankar Choudhary; 8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India ...
Uday Shankar (born December 8, 1900, Udaipur, India—died September 26, 1977, Kolkata (Calcutta)) was a major dancer and choreographer of India whose adaptation of Western theatrical techniques to traditional Hindu dance popularized the ancient art form in India, Europe, and the United States.
Uday Shankar was a noted Indian dancer and choreographer, who created a fusion style of dance, merging European techniques to Indian classical dance.
Sep 26, 2019 · Uday Shankar, the pioneer of Indian non-classical dance forms who enthralled western audiences with his unique style, died this day in 1977.
Dec 7, 2017 · The couple had four boys — Devendra, Rajindra, Uday and Ravindra. And each contributed to the art world, with two attaining stardom — Uday Shankar in dance and Ravi Shankar in music.
Sep 28, 2022 · F or decades, modern-dance pioneer Uday Shankar’s one and only film, the radical Kalpana, was locked away in the National Film Archive of India because of a copyright dispute.
Jun 1, 2022 · In the introductory chapter ‘Uday Shankar and Indian Dance History’, Shankar is located in an intermingling dance history of the East and the West, the colonised and the colonisers, and the discourse on and around the dancing body and the acceptability of the dancer.
Jul 24, 2018 · Uday Shankar presented his first dance performance on June 20, 1922. Organised by the League of Mercy, the occasion was a garden party. Replete with swords and daggers and titled ‘Sword Dance’, the presentation garnered congratulations from King George V who witnessed it.
Dec 8, 2020 · A Padma Vibhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, Uday Shankar, the elder brother of famed sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar, played a pivotal role in fusing Indian and Western culture with his unique style characterised by Indian non-classical dance forms.
Sep 27, 1977 · Uday Shankar, a pioneer in the renaissance of dance In his native India and a dancer and choreographer whose highly acclaimed tours since the 1930's introduced thousands of Americans and...
