Ram Gopal (dancer)
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Bissano Ram Gopal OBE (20 November 1912[1] – 12 October 2003) was an Indian dancer and choreographer who performed mostly as a soloist and toured extensively throughout his lengthy career. 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".
Ram Gopal | |
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Born | Bissano Ram Gopal (1912-11-20)November 20, 1912 |
Died | (2003-10-12)October 12, 2003 |
Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer |
Honours | OBE |
As a choreographer, he is most known for his productions, Legend of the Taj Mahal, Dance of the Setting Sun and Dances of India.[4] He is also noted for "Radha-Krishna", his collaboration with British[5] ballerina Dame Alicia Markova, in 1960.[6]