Autobiography of uday shankar dancer

Uday Shankarwas an internationally acclaimed Indian classical dancer. Born on 8 December in the year 1900 at the historic Udaipur city of Rajasthan to Bengali parents, Uday Shankar was the brother of the renowned musician Ravi Shankar.

He later on attended the Royal College of Art in London and danced alongside ballerina Anna Pavlova.

Uday Shankar was also a choreographer and he made ballets themed on the life history of Radha-Krishna, Hindu marriages and so on for Anna.

Autobiography of uday shankar dancer summary

Shankar later toured the entire West along with his troupe in the 1930s. His fluxing of western dancing techniques with Indian ones made his art hugely popular among both Indian and the western audiences. So while he popularized Indian dance in the west, his brother Ravi did the same to Indian instrumental music.

An important point in the life history of Uday Shankar was when he married Amala Shankar.

Together, the duo gave birth to son Ananda Shankar and daughter Mamata Shanka