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Shanti Bardhan

Indian dancer

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development of Indian dance

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    In South Asian arts: Modern Indian dance

    Shanti Bardhan, a junior colleague of Uday Shankar, produced some of the most imaginative dance-dramas of the 20th century. After founding the Little Ballet Troupe in Andheri, Bombay (Mumbai), in 1952 he produced Ramayana, in which the actors moved and danced like puppets. His posthumous…

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