Uday Shankar was an Indian dancer best known for creating a ______.

The correct answer is Fusion style of dance.

Key Points

• Fusing European theatrical techniques with India's very own classical and folk dance forms, Uday Shankar came up with his own style of dance.
• After having named the new dance form 'Hi-dance', he later rechristened it and called it 'Creative dance'.
• Uday Shankar (8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance.
• Uday Shankar was the first to bring the concept of modern dance to India with his novel approach and works.

Additional Information

• The Hindu god Shiva, known as Nataraja, Lord of the Dance, is portrayed as a many-armed being balanced on one leg.
• In Hindu mythology, dance is thought to have been conceived by Brahma. Brahma motivated the sage Bharata Muni to write the Natya Shastra, a treatise on performing arts, from which a codified practice of dance and drama come out.
• The classical dance form originated from the Natya Shastra. There are 8 classical dance forms in India as per the source and scholar