Ram Gopal (dancer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ram Gopal (dancer)

Indian dancer and choreographer

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1912

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 12-Oct-2003

Profession: choreographer, dancer, autobiographer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
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