Indian dancers liven up the Indian Dance by entertaining as well as enlightening the people. The performance of the artists intensifies the dancing sequence and highlights the theme. The dances of India are either religiously reverent in nature, based on mythology, or they are intended to mark occasions, special ceremonies such as marriage, birth of a child or other auspicious events.
Famous Indian Dancers
Following are the
famous Indian Dancers:
1. Uday
Shankar:- Uday Shankar (born Uday
Shankar Chowdhury; 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.He was a pioneer of
modern dance in India.
2. Birju Maharaj:- Brijmohan Mishra , known as Pandit Birju Maharaj , (4 February
1938 – 17 January 2022, Delhi), was an accomplished dancer of the
Allahabad-based Kalka-Bindadin dynasty of Kathak dance. He is descended from
the Maharaj dynasty of Kathak dancers, including his two uncles Shambhu Maharaj
and Lacchu Maharaj and his father and mentor, Achan Maharaj. Although dance was
his first love, he was also a student and singer of Hindustani classical music
.
3.
Mrinalini
Sarabhai:- Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian
classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and
director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting
training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad. She
received Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1965. She also received many
other citations in recognition of her contribution to art.
4.
Mallika Sarabhai:- Mallika Sarabhai is an activist and Indian classical dancer and actress
from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a classical dancer Mrinalini
Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi
and Bharatanatyam dancer and performer who has specialized in using the arts
for social change and transformation.
