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Balasaraswati

1918 - 1984

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Tanjore Balasaraswati, also known as Balasaraswati (13 May 1918 – 9 February 1984), was an Indian dancer, and her rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style originated in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, made this style of dancing well known in different parts of India and many parts of the world. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1977, the third and the second highest civilian honours given by the Government of India. In 1973, she was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi by the Madras Music Academy. In 1981 she was awarded the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani award of The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balasaraswati is the 94th most popular dancer (down from 85th in 2019), the 885th most popular biography from India (down from 668th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Balasaraswati ranks 94 out of 116. Before her are Hryhorii Chapkis, Dušanka Sifnios, Jin Xing, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Svetlana Zakharova, and Mrinalini Sarabhai. After her are Robert Helpmann, Sonal Mansingh, Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp, Kapila Vatsyayan, and Rachel Brice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Balasaraswati ranks 298. Before her are Ntsu Mokhehle, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pearl Bailey, Dusty Anderson, and Elaine de Kooning. After her are Dick Esser, Albertina Sisulu, James Daly, Virginia Davis, Guillermo Lovell, and Jafar Salmasi. Among people deceased in 1984, Balasaraswati ranks 250. Before her are Mark Kac, John Betjeman, Karl Neumer, Joan Lindsay, Jon-Erik Hexum, and Bjarne Johnsen. After her are Víctor Balaguer, Marcel Balsa, Pascale Ogier, Franz Fühmann, Chuck Cooper, and Bill Holland.

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In India

Among people born in India, Balasaraswati ranks 885 out of 1,861. Before her are Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914), Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Tarsem Singh (1961), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), and Kanan Devi (1916). After her are Ali Sardar Jafri (1913), Karisma Kapoor (1974), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Pritam (1971), Tabu (1971), and Anjali Devi (1927).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Balasaraswati ranks 5. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), and Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918). After her are Sonal Mansingh (1944), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Saroj Khan (1948), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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