Bissano Ram Gopal was an Indian dancer and choreographer who lived from 20 November 1912 to 12 October 2003, who alongside Uday Shankar pioneered bringing Indian classical dance to Western audiences beginning in the 1930s. Trained in Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Manipuri dance, he blended classical Indian styles with folk traditions and balletic choreography, becoming known for productions including Legend of the Taj Mahal and Dances of India, and for a celebrated 1960 duet, Radha-Krishna, with British ballerina Alicia Markova. He received an OBE in 1999 for services to dance and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1990.
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Once he danced at the annual garden party of the Maharaja of Mysore without his father's permission, but the Maharaja persuaded his father to allow him to receive further dance training.
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He made his solo debut in New York City on 1 May 1938, at the 46th Street Theatre.
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A modernist, he blended classical Indian dance styles, folk dance and 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".
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