“Uday Shankar and his Hindu Ballet”
Snapshots from Indian-American history
this month, that year
February 18, 1939
– Uday Shankar and his
Hindu Ballet perform at
the War Memorial Opera
House in San Francisco,
CA. A dancer and a choreographer,
Shankar was
the older brother of noted
musician Ravi Shankar.
Uday Shankar’s performance in San Francisco was part of an 84-city tour in the United States. His style combined European techniques with Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance.
Sindya N. Bhanoo writes the Observatory column in the Science section of The New York Times. She is also a board member of South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). This column’s material is from SAADA. https://www.saada.org/.
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