Biography
Bissano Ram Gopal OBE (20 November 1912 – 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, and along with Uday Shankar was among the first to showcase Indian classical dance in the West starting in the 1930s, Polish critic Tadeusz Zelenski called him "the Nijinsky of India".
As a choreographer, he is most known for his productions, Legend of the Taj Mahal, Dance of the Setting Sun and Dances of India. He is also noted for "Radha-Krishna", his collaboration with British ballerina Dame Alicia Markova, in 1960.
Filmography
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Movies 4
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Dr. Tigara
The Blue Peter (1955)
Movie
Mr. Phang
The Purple Plain (1954)
Movie
Self - Dancer
Lord Siva Danced (1948)
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Known ForActing
Birthday1912-11-20
Deathday2003-10-12 (90 years old)
CitizenshipsDominion of India, British Raj, India
AwardsFellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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