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Manipuri classical Indian dance exponents (13 P) Mohiniyattam exponents (32 P) O. Odissi exponents (53 P) S. Sattriya exponents (5 P)
Born on November 13, 1980, Aniruddha Knight spent his growing years both in India and the United States of America. [5] His father is an American, Douglas Knight, who married into the family when he studied classical drumming on a South Indian mridangam at Wesleyan University, where Aniruddha's late grandmother T. Balasaraswati and her two musician brothers had taught since 1962. [5]
Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance, [1] [2] [3] the theory and practice of which can be traced to the Sanskrit text Natya Shastra.
Graded as an ‘Outstanding’ artiste by The Indian Council of Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. Of India. Graded as one of the ‘Top’ artists by Doordarshan, India. In 2012, Biswas was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
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, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.
Artistic dance [4] India: Kalidas Samman: Government of Madhya Pradesh: Classical dance [5] [6] India: Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti: Ram Krishan & Sons Charitable Trust: Services rendered in music and dance [7] India: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: Sangeet Natak Akademi: Contributions to Performing arts [8] [9] [10] India: Tagore Ratna and Tagore ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Performers of Indian classical dance. It includes Indian classical dancers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad: [2]. Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts)