Arts & Culture
Astad Deboo: A rebel who stood astride India's fledgling experimental arts scene, and dismantled notions of dance
Swimming against the tide, Astad Deboo forged an uncommon career that operated in its own niche perhaps, but has left behind an insurmountable legacy.
Arts & Culture
With Astad Deboo's demise, Indian dance has lost one of its most beloved, paradigm-shifting artists
Astad Deboo’s voice, his memorable chakkars on stage, his prodigious talent in riveting performances, his infectious laugh, his impeccable ability to offer friendship to so many across the world have all been stopped in his untimely passing.
Arts & Culture
Astad Deboo, Indian contemporary dance stalwart, dies in Mumbai at 73
Deboo is noted for creating a modern dance vocabulary that was uniquely Indian.