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Pages in category "Indian choreographers" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. ... Chandralekha (dancer) C. V. Chandrasekhar;
This list of Indian women in dance includes women from India or of Indian parentage who are notable for their involvement with modern or traditional Indian dance, as dancers or choreographers. This list is not for women whose involvement with dance is not central to their careers, as is the case with many Bollywood actresses.
Saroj Khan (born Nirmala Nagpal; 22 November 1948 – 3 July 2020) [2] was an Indian dance choreographer in Hindi cinema. [3] She was born in Bombay State (present day Maharashtra), India.
It includes choreographers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Indian women choreographers" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total.
Ganesh was born into a Tamil family in Madras, India. [4] [5] His father was a dancer and choreographer, died when he was 11 years old, plunging his family into financial ruin and forcing Ganesh to discontinue his studies. He later moved to Cuttack, Orissa. Then, with the help of his sister, he began to learn dance.
A modernist, he blended the classical Indian dance with balletic choreography, [2] and along with Uday Shankar was among the first to showcase Indian classical dance in the West starting in the 1930s, [3] Polish critic Tadeusz Zelenski called him "the Nijinsky of India". As a choreographer, he is most known for his productions, Legend of the ...
Uday Shankar (December 8, 1900 – September 26, 1977), pioneer of modern dance in India, and a world renowned Indian dancer and choreographer Lloyd Shaw (1890–1958), also known as Dr. Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw, was an educator, and is generally credited with bringing about the broad revival of square dancing in America.
Sharmila Biswas is a leading dancer, choreographer and Teacher in the field of Indian Classical Dance. She is recognized for her considerable contribution to Odissi Classical Dance which brought many changes in the Content, Technique and Costumes.