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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.
Uday Shankar (Bengali: উদয় শংকর) (1900–1977) - pioneer of modern dance in India; world-renowned Indian dancer and choreographer; known for adapting Western theatrical techniques to traditional Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, thus laying the roots of modern Indian dance ...
This category contains choreographers of dances in Cinema of India, including film industries of Bollywood, Tollywood (both Tollywood Andhra and Tollywood Bangla) and Kollywood. Choreographers of films are known as dance directors in India in the popular parlance.
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.
Maud Allan (1873–1956), dancer, choreographer, famous for her Salomé dance and her Dance of the Seven Veils; Aszure Barton, choreographer; Anik Bissonnette (born 1962), ballet dancer; Barbara Bourget (active from 1969), ballet dance, artistic director; Sally Brayley (born 1937), Canadian-American ballet dancer, coach
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.
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.