Astad Deboo was an Indian choreographer, born in 1947 in Navsari, who died in 2020.
Biography
Astad Deboo (13 July 1947 – 10 December 2020) was an Indian contemporary dancer and choreographer. He was considered a pioneer of modern dance in India. Through his career he collaborated with artists including Pina Bausch, Alison Becker Chase and Pink Floyd, and performed across the world.
He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1995 and Padma Shri in 2007, awarded by the Government of India.
Contemporaries
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Indian director, actor, politician (1942–2017)
Lata Pada
Indian dancer and choreographer
Kanaka Srinivasan
Indian classical dancer of Bharat Natyam
Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
Indian dancer and choreographer
Ratan Thiyam
Indian theatre director
Raju Sundaram
Indian actor
Saroj Khan
Indian dancer and choreographer (1948–2020)
Raghuram
actor (1949-2013)
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