# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uday-shankar
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:12.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uday-shankar"
name: "Uday Shankar"
slug: "uday-shankar"
description: "Uday Shankar was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was a pioneer of modern dance in India."
tagline: "Indian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uday_Shankar%2C_1930s.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1900-12-08"
deathDate: "1977-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.132264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1142684/"
    handle:    "nm1142684"
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    title: "Uday Shankar"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump