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Uday Shankar (December 8, 1900 - September 26, 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer. He was good at applying western drama techniques to traditional Indian classical dance, with a large number of Indian classical, folk and tribal dance elements, forming the foundation of modern Indian dance. In the 1920s and 1930s, he vigorously popularised Indian dance in Europe and United States of America, giving it a position in the world.