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Mrinalini Sarabhai

1918 - 2016

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Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad. She received Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1965. She also received many other citations in recognition of her contribution to art. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mrinalini Sarabhai is the 93rd most popular dancer (down from 70th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from India (down from 525th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 93 out of 116. Before her are Rukmini Devi Arundale, Hryhorii Chapkis, Dušanka Sifnios, Jin Xing, Yamini Krishnamurthy, and Svetlana Zakharova. After her are Balasaraswati, Robert Helpmann, Sonal Mansingh, Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp, and Kapila Vatsyayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 294. Before her are Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, Gersh Budker, Anne Gwynne, Tony Rolt, Ntsu Mokhehle, and Yelizaveta Chaikina. After her are Pearl Bailey, Dusty Anderson, Elaine de Kooning, Balasaraswati, Dick Esser, and Albertina Sisulu. Among people deceased in 2016, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 490. Before her are Qandeel Baloch, Tommy Kono, Reinhard Häfner, François Dupeyron, Viktor Zubkov, and Dan Haggerty. After her are Karel Husa, Igor Sergun, Florence Henderson, James Stacy, Anatoli Isayev, and Poul Pedersen.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 861 out of 1,861. Before her are Saroo Brierley (1981), Baji Rao II (1775), Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), and George Caridia (1869). After her are George Fernandes (1930), Soumitra Chatterjee (1935), Simon Pimenta (1920), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Michael Bates (1920), and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 4. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), and Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940). After her are Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Saroj Khan (1948), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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