Famous People with Name Kumudini

Kumudini Lakhia            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kumudini Lakhia: a Kathak dancer and choreographer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where she has founded an institution named Kadamb, a centre for Indian dance and music.She began her career dancing with Ram Gopal as he toured the West, bringing Indian dance to the eyes of people abroad for the first time, and then became a noted dancer and choreographer in her own right. She learned first from various gurus of Jaipur gharana, and then from the renowned Shambhu Maharaj. She particularly excels in her multi-person choreographies which are renowned for their fresh and innovative use of the performance space while losing none of the pure classicism of the dance form. Some of her most famous choreographies include Dhabkar (Pulse), Yugal (The Duet), and Atah Kim (Where Now?). In each of these