A brief introduction of Guru Ravindra Nath Tagore and how they give his important role to improve dances like Manipri, Ravindra Nritya etc.

1. GURU RAVINDRA NATH TAGORE :
RELATION WITH DANCE
Dr. Vidhi Nagar
Associate Professor (Kathak)
Department of Dance
Faculty of Performing Arts
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi
Email:vidhinagar@redifmail.com

2. GURU RAVINDRA NATH TAGORE

3. Ranbindranath Tagore (1861–1941), a
poet, philosopher, composer, playwright,
and painter, was one of the strong
personalities who shaped the cultural
life of India at the turn of the
20th century, when the country was
struggling for its independence and
searching for its identity in the
international community.

4. GURUDEV ON STAMPS

5. He was born into an influential Bengali
Brahman family of several generations of
intellectuals. He briefly studied in England in
1878–80, exploring the works of
Shakespeare. In 1901 he moved to
Shantiniketan in eastern India, and
established there an institution that was to
become his own Shantiniketan University. He
received the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1913.

8. Tagore travelled widely around the world. His
visit to Southeast Asia in 1927, in particular,
opened his eyes to realise the role of Indian
culture in a wider Asian framework. He was
particularly interested in, what he called, the
“operatic” Southeast Asian theatre forms. He
exclaimed that India had lost this kind of
forms and he dedicated much energy to
creating his own theatrical style, also
combining dance and music

10. Tagore had seen Manipuri Dances even
as early as in 1919 and became a great
admirer of them. He invited an important
teacher-guru to teach them at his own
university, Shantiniketan. He used the
Manipuri style as the basis for his own
dance plays, called rabindra nritiya
natyas.

13. THANKS FOR INHANCE YOUR
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
GURU RABINDRA NATH TAGORE