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Kapila Vatsyayan

1928 - 2020

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Kapila Vatsyayan (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) was a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She served as a member of parliament and bureaucrat in India, and also served as the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. In 1970, Vatsyayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's national academy for music, dance and drama; this was followed by the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by Lalit Kala Akademi, India's national academy for fine arts in 1995. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kapila Vatsyayan has received more than 154,980 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kapila Vatsyayan is the 103rd most popular dancer, the 1,001st most popular biography from India and the 9th most popular Indian Dancer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

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  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 103 out of 116. Before her are Robert Helpmann, Twyla Tharp, Antony Tudor, Rachel Brice, Padma Subrahmanyam, and Agnes de Mille. After her are Sergei Polunin, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Polina Semionova, Rozonda Thomas, and Tamara Rojo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 575. Before her are Olle Larsson, Maureen Gardner, Bruce Forsyth, Vince Edwards, Conrad Janis, and Keely Smith. After her are Herbert Flam, Richard M. Sherman, Harold Prince, Donald Henderson, Barbara Nichols, and Toaripi Lauti. Among people deceased in 2020, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 769. Before her are Nadhim Shaker, Derek Fowlds, Lyle Waggoner, Mary Pat Gleason, Geoffrey Palmer, and Jagdeep. After her are Nasser Shabani, Zoe Caldwell, Karel Neffe, Shirley Ann Grau, Tarun Gogoi, and Doris de Agostini.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 1,001 out of 1,861. Before her are Naushad (1919), Jagdeep (1939), Moushumi Chatterjee (1953), Rattanbai Jinnah (1900), Shahid Kapoor (1981), and Kapil Sibal (1948). After her are Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), J. P. Nadda (1960), Twinkle Khanna (1974), David Dhawan (1955), Rajmohan Gandhi (1935), and Rohan Bopanna (1980).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 9. Before her are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Saroj Khan (1948), and Padma Subrahmanyam (1943). After her are Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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