Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
Born
Mohanrao Shankarrao Kallianpurkar

(1913-08-12)12 August 1913
Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore
Died1 December 1985(1985-12-01) (aged 72)
Hubli, Karnataka
NationalityIndian
Career
DancesKathak

Mohanrao Shankarrao Kallianpurkar (pronounced [mɒhʌnrɑʊ kʌl'lɪɑːnpʊrkʌr]; 12 August 1913 – 1 December 1985) was a Kathak dancer and teacher from Karnataka,[1] considered to be one of the greatest scholars and teacher of Kathak dance form.[2] He belongs to Jaipur school of Kathak.[3]

Biography

Kallianpurkar was born on 12 August 1913 in Bangalore, Karnataka.[4]

He was trained under Sunder Prasad, Achhan Maharaj, and Shambhu Maharaj. He helped Sunder Prasad to set up a Kathak dance academy in Mumbai in 1937. In 1939, he was appointed as a Kathak teacher at the Marris College of Music, later Bhatkhande Music Institute, in Lucknow, from where he retired in 1967. He choreographed and presented ballets such as Śakuntalā, Meghadoot, War and Peace, Vikramōrvaśīyam and Mālati Mādhav. His prominent pupils included Rohini Bhate.[1]

He was married to Dr.Sudha Kallianpurkar from Dharwad and has two sons and a daughter.

He died on 1 December 1985 in Hubli, Karnataka.[1][5]

Awards

He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1962,[1] the Karnataka Sangeet-Nritya Akademi Award in 1971 and the Uttra Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1981.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mōhanrāo Kalliānpurkar". The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India. Oxford University Press. 2011. ISBN 9780195650983 – via Oxford Reference.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Mohan Nadkarni (April 1999). The great masters: profiles in Hindustani classical vocal music. New Delhi: HarperCollins Publishers India. p. 330. ISBN 9788172232849. OCLC 43852826.
  3. ^ Shah, Purnima (2004). "2004 Barbara Stoler Miller Conference". Dance Research Journal. Congress on Research in Dance. 36 (2): 119–134. doi:10.2307/20444596. JSTOR 20444596. S2CID 193049733.(subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Dadheecha, Puru (2013). कथक नृत्य शिक्षा [Kathak Dance Syllabi] (in Hindi). Vol. 2 (5th ed.). Indore: Bindu Prakashan. pp. 143–144. OCLC 20918082.
  5. ^ "Obituaries". Quarterly Journal. Bombay: National Centre for the Performing Arts, India. 15–16: 70. 1987. OCLC 1790494.


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