Rabindra Nritya Natya is the group of four dance-dramas composed by
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Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
: ''Chitrangada'', ''Chandalika'', ''Shyama and Shrabangatha''.
[History of Bengali Literature, Dr. Dulal Chakraborty, July 2007, Bani Bitan. .] The principal characteristic of these works is that the story is told entirely through dance and song. The dances included in them were in the dance form created by Tagore. Tagore also included dance in earlier works such as ''Tasher Desh'' (), though these are not regarded as ''Rabindra Nritya Natya''.
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Santiniketan
Santiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son ...
References
*http://www.tagoreweb.in/Render/ShowContentType.aspx?ct=Plays
*http://www.geetabitan.com/
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Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore