Astad Deboo
Astad Deboo | |
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British India | |
Died | 10 December 2020 Mumbai, India | (aged 73)
Nationality | Indian |
Career | |
Dances | Contemporary dance – fusion of Kathak and Kathakali |
Astad Deboo (13 July 1947 – 10 December 2020) was an Indian
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1996 and Padma Shri in 2007, awarded by the Government of India.[5]
Early life
Deboo was born on 13 July 1947 into a Parsi family in Navsari, in the Indian state of Gujarat.[6] He grew up in Kolkata till the age of six after which his family shifted to Jamshedpur, where his father was employed with Tata Steel. His mother was a homemaker, and he had two sisters, Kamal and Gulshan.[6]
At the age of six, he started learning the
Dance career
While pursuing his degree in Mumbai (then
Over the next decade, he went on to attend the
A turning point in his career came in 1986, when
In January 2005, he along with a troupe of 12 young women with hearing impairment, from the
Death
He died in Mumbai aged 73 on 10th Dec 2020, a month after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.[19][20]
Awards
- 1995: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award[21]
- 2007: Padma Shri[5]
See also
References
- ^ Pioneer of modern dance[usurped], The Hindu, 31 December 2002.
- ^ a b Blending the Modern with the Traditional Archived 18 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine SPAN magazine.
- ^ a b c d Astad Deboo: In step with life The Times of India, 28 April 2002.
- Embassy of Norway, India.
- ^ a b Astad Deboo, 60 Rediff.com, 13 July 2007.
- ^ a b c "Astad deboo". www.sruti.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ a b Alumni arrow Padma Shri for Astad Deboo Archived 20 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Loyola School, Jamshedpur
- ^ a b c d "Modern Indian Dance Pioneer Astad Deboo Passes Away at 73". The Quint. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Astad Deboo: is the most recognizable figure of modern dance here Mint, 11 August 2007.
- ^ a b Dancing To A Revolution Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Tehelka, 9 May 2009.
- ^ "नवनृत्यनायक". Loksatta (in Marathi). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ Astad Deboo Profile and Interview narthaki.com.
- ^ Astad Deboo Awarded Padma Shri Archived 7 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine By arzan sam wadia, 29 January 2007.
- ^ Astad Deboo Profile Lingalayam Dance Company.
- MiD DAY, 24 December 2004.
- ^ "Contemporary – Ananya Dance Festival 2009". www.sehernow.in. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Wah! Astad The Hindu, 1 May 2009.
- ^ Warnecke (9 November 2019). "Natya Dance's world premiere 'Inai' asks, what if there were no differences, racial or otherwise?". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Astad Deboo passes away: He talked with every muscle in body — and with his stillness". The Indian Express. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "Dance Pioneer Astad Deboo". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Dance-Creative Dance/Choreography Archived 5 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Official listings.