Prabha Marathe (born 8 October 1936, in
Pune
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) is an Indian dancer,
choreographer
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...
, and teacher, best known for founding the
Kalachhaya Cultural Centre in 1965. A student of the
Kathak dance
''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the Hindu epics through danc ...
under
Pandit Birju Maharaj, she trained at the
Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (SBKK) is an Indian cultural institution which runs a school for music, dance and performing arts in New Delhi. It was founded by Sumitra Charat Ram in 1952, and imparts training in Indian classical dance styles ...
in
New Delhi
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, and has been credited with popularising and documenting the techniques of Kathak in
Maharashtra
Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...
in the 1980s.
References
1936 births
Living people
Indian women choreographers
Indian dancers
Artists from Pune
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