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Harriet Ronken Lynton has known Mrinalini Sarabhai and her family for close to forty years. This knowledge of, and friendship with Mrinalini has enabled Lynton to have a close understanding of the dancer and the various forms of classical Indian dance she had used in her many performances. Since 1949, Mrinalini has danced in forty countries, “making India alive and beautiful for those people”. She is also known in India, particularly in the North, for the Darpana Academy of the Performing Arts which she established. She, her daughter Mallika, and the Darpana troupe have pioneered the use of classical techniques to express currently relevant social themes and thus contributed to the development of the country. This remarkable and many-faceted woman, who was Born to Dance, and who used her talents in many productive ways, is the central focus of this book.
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Pages : 184
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