RIP Astad Deboo: He s dancing with the stars now
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Born a month before Independence, Astad Deboo broke free of the traditional dance forms to create a modern idiom of rhythm and movement that was uniquely Indian and all his own.
Avant-garde, unconventional, pioneer. the epithets were many for the artiste who defied societal norms of gender and regular career choices to become one of India s first and perhaps most well known contemporary dancers.
Deboo, who once termed his art contemporary in vocabulary and traditional in restraint , died on Thursday at the age of 73 leaving behind his two sisters and legions of fans and friends.
Astad Deboo, the dancer who broke free, dies at 73 Indians saw his style as ‘too western’ while westerners found it ‘not Indian enough’
Astad Deboo, who broke free of the constraints imposed by traditional dance forms to create a modern idiom of rhythm and movement that was uniquely Indian and his own, died on Thursday. He was 73, leaving behind two sisters and a legion of fans and friends.
Avant garde, unconventional and pioneer, the epithets were many for the artiste who, borna month before India’s Independence, defied societal norms of gender and regular career choices to become one of India s first and perhaps most well-known contemporary dancers.