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	International Vegetarian Union - Rukmini Devi Arundale
		Mrs Rukmini Devi Arundale was a Vice President of IVU for 31 years from the World Congress in Paris, 1955, until her death in 1986.
		Mrs Arundale may have represented the Bombay Humanitarian League or India as a whole, it is not clear from the records.
		During her time with IVU Mrs Arundale was a significant figure in her own right, but in order to understand her earlier life we have to know about her husband, such was the role of women in the first half of the 20th century.
	www.ivu.org /members/council/rukmini-devi-arundale.html (1044 words)

	Parip/Practice as Research in Performance
		But Rukmini Devi was more than a dancer and Indian nationalist by virtue of her controversial intercultural marriage to Bishop George Sydney Arundale, an Englishman, who became the third President of the Theosophical Society, and her subsequent incorporation into the art and education movement of the Society in the 1930s.
		Rukmini Devi, besides, was also the spiritual daughter of Dr. Annie Besant, the well-known British feminist and political activist who integrated British suffragette movement into her own brand of New Age spiritualism.
		What needs to be noted, however, is that Rukmini Devi exceeded the discursive categories in which she was recuperated because she worked as a liminal figure in the multiple fields of art, culture, education, politics and spirituality and left her trace in all these domains.
	www.bris.ac.uk /parip/ab_meduri.htm (658 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale
		Rukmini Devi had grown up under the shade of the famous banyan tree in the sprawling Adyar campus of the Theosophical Society of which her father was an important functionary.
		It has been a shibboleth among the legion of Rukmini Devi's admirers that it was she who saved Bharatnatyam from oblivion.
		Rukmini Devi herself gave credence to the view that she had "reconstructed" the dance of the devadasis by making it respectable.
	taal.20m.com /rukmini.html (698 words)

	Arundale Rukmini Devi - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Arundale, Rukmini Devi (1904-1986), Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher, the founder of Kalakshetra School of dance, in Chennai (formerly...
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	au.encarta.msn.com /Arundale_Rukmini_Devi.html (100 words)

	WOMEN OF THE WEEK - RUKMINI DEVI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rukmini Devi, then 24, got to know Pavlova well on the journey and was invited to see her perform during a stop-over in Indonesia.
		Meanwhile, at Kalakshetra, Rukmini Devi was forced to stop teaching by the traditional dance teachers, the ‘Nattuvanars’, not because she disapproved of their teaching methods but because of their interest purely in monetary gain.
		Rukmini Devi as it is a valuable repository of the arts to be handed down to generations to come.
	www.indien-netzwerk.de /navigation/frauen/fdw/rukminidevi-eng.htm (2226 words)

	"Kalakshetra" and Rukmini Devi
		Rukmini Devi, then 24, got to know Pavlova well on the journey and was invited to see her perform during a stop- over in Indonesia.
		In december 1935, Rukmini Devi was in a position to give her first public performance, which she did at the 'Diamond Jubilee Convention of the Theosophical Society.
		Rukmini Devi was a very talented woman and she may well have contributed to the other services mentioned here.
	www.katinkahesselink.net /his/kalakshetra.html (2305 words)

	The Hindu : Rukmini Devi Arundale - A catalyst to change
		Rukmini Devi has to be seen both as a catalyst and a Guru.
		The very fact that Rukmini Devi took it upon herself to explain her thought processes and her act of editing the sacred text was a departure from any known convention in Bharatanatyam.
		Rukmini Devi established an approach to dance-drama based on the tenets of the "Natya Sastra".
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/mag/2003/03/16/stories/2003031600400500.htm (1161 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features
		Legitimizing her elevated mindset, she even rejected her name into India's 'highest office' of President and preferred a life of total commitment to the arts and the creation of a progeny who would live the kind of life which she thought was dignified and elegant - creative and lofty.
		The broad concepts of universality that were Rukmini, deliberately overlooked by the system, was an attempt to keep her this side of the fence and misrepresent her ideas to widen and foster the gap between accepted nationalism and disowned 'utopian' universalism.
		Perhaps this was what Rukmini intended education to be when she taught them under open skies and shady trees.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/02/07/fea03.html (1149 words)

	PressRelease
		Global Dialogue Institute are pleased to honor the memory of Rukmini Devi Arundale by celebrating her seminal contributions in the arts.
		Rukmini Devi’s parents took a keen interest in the Theosophical movement, as its multi-faceted elements including egalitarianism and unfettered spirituality, appealed to them.
		At the age of 14, Rukmini Devi met Dr. George Arundale, Annie Besant’s closest confidante and a zealous admirer of Indian culture.
	www.naatya.org /rda/RDAPressRelease.htm (1042 words)

	Housecallsindia.com
		Rukmini Devi herself has, to those to whom she has spoken, talked of the inner exaltation she felt whenever she danced, especially during her first performance when she was nervous until she felt the great power flowing from within.
		Rukmini fell in love with him after one or two meetings, and one can imagine the scandal she must have created when, at 16, she announced that she wanted to marry Dr Arundale who was not only a foreigner but years older than her.
		Rukmini was an educationist too: she saw dance and music as a part of the education process, exposing children to a more Indian education rather than the Macaulayan variety that was drawing Indians away from their own culture and tradition.
	www.housecallsindia.com /article.asp?aid=418 (2573 words)

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		In the words of Rukmini Devi, she had a peculiar posture of the body, a dignity of movement combined with grace and expressiveness of face which had an element of surprise all the time.
		After the deva dasi system was abolished, she joined the faculty of Kalakshetra, a prestigious dance institution founded by Rukmini Devi Arundale, and continued to serve the art till the end.
		Rukmini Devi was the daughter of a well-known and much respected Sanskrit scholar, A. Nilakanta Sastri.
	www.thakita.com /other-aspects-biographies.asp (3143 words)

	Events
		She was beautiful, she was talented and above all, Rukmini Devi Arundale was a visionary who put classical Indian dance and music on the world stage.
		Rukmini Devi was born to a family of theosophists in 1904.
		The young Rukmini Devi also plunged into education reform and helped pioneers like Maria Montessori in establishing her first schools in Tamil Nadu - "schools without fear", as they were called.
	www.barathanatyam.com /Rukmini.html (556 words)

	One Hundred Tamils - Rukmani Devi Arundale - Bharatha Natyam
		However, she herself had become interested in the dance not because she wanted to cleanse it but because when she first saw a performance by devadasi girls, she found it to be utterly beautiful.
		As far as popularising of Bharatanatyam goes it was perhaps neither Rukmini Devi's embrace of the dance, nor the demonstration of its beauty by devadasi dancers that led thousands of girls to learn Bharatnatyam.
		Nonetheless, Rukmini Devi should be remembered for three major contributions she made to the presentation and propagation of Bharatnatyam.
	www.tamilnation.org /hundredtamils/arundale.htm (923 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - News
		Rukmini Devi Arundale, the doyen of Bharatnatyam Dance at the Indian Cultural Centre, Colombo from February 1 to 6.
		Rukmini Devi not only revived and refined the Sadir dance but also renamed it as Bharatnatyam and re-presented it with the mediations of modern lights, designer costumes and proscenium theatre.
		It is also proposed to have three Memorial Lectures on Rukmini Devi, Kalakshetra and Bharatnatyam at the British Council, Colombo and the University of Colombo.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/01/10/new23.html (420 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rukmini Devi devoted her entire life for the revival and re-established of many of the traditional arts and crafts of India.
		Her marriage to Dr. George Arundale was another shocking break from tradition and she faced the public outcry and ostracism with great courage.
		Rukmini Devi was nominated as member of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) by the president of the Republic of India in April 1952 and re-nominated in 1956.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rukmini_Devi_Arundale (497 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rukmini Devi learnt to dance when she was nearly 30, and performed at Adayar to the delight and wonderment of foreign visitors.
		The young Rukmini Devi was enamoured of ballet - particularly the performance of prima ballerina, Anna Pavlova whose ``dying swan'' had taken the world to ecstatic responses.
		Later (1935), Rukmini Devi, with the help of the ever-helpful and enthusiastic E.Krishna Iyer, persuaded the rather reluctant guru, Pandanallur Meenakshisundaram Pillai to teach her the basic technique of the dance and build up a repertoire in systematic progression.
	www.infobankofindia.com /women/arts/files/Rukmini.htm (1210 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale : A Centenary Tribute
		2003 being the Rukmini Devi Centenary year, the trustees have decided to recognize the respect and regard which the Sadasivams had for her.
		Therefore, the Kalki Sadasivam Memorial Trust is proud to associate itself with the year long celebrations to commemorate the centenary of Rukmini Devi Arundale, a visionary who played a major role in the revival of Bharatanatyam and founded a world class institution for the arts in Kalakshetra.
		Rukmini Devi choreographed themes from myth and legend to instill ideals in her young students, making great poetry and music a part of their daily existence.
	www.kalkiweekly.com /rukminidevi/tribute.asp (220 words)

	Review - AABHA pays homage to Rukmini Devi Arundale by Arun P Madangarli
		In “Remembering Rukmini Devi” the teachers and students of AABHA paid apt homage to this facet of her inventive genius with a series of seven group performances that dovetailed with each other with absolute precision and created a rich tapestry of Bharatanatyam from Pushpanjali to Thillana.
		No better introduction to Rukmini Devi was needed; she, along with many other stars of Kalakshetra who claimed her tutelage, was interviewed exhaustively during the course of the documentary.
		Gayatri Devi of New York, the honored chief guest of the evening, who is Rukmini Devi’s senior most disciple and an internationally renowned virtuoso proponent of Bharatanatyam in her own right, lit the traditional “Kuthuvilakku” (lamp) that signified the start of the dances in the agenda.
	www.narthaki.com /info/reviews/rev158.html (1241 words)

	Destined to dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rukmini Devi was in her late twenties at the time.
		Rukmini Devi sought dancers, musicians and artistes from all the traditional art forms to teach her students.
		Rukmini Devi travelled all over the world with her students, performing dance dramas she had composed.
	us.rediff.com /news/2004/feb/27spec1.htm (769 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904 - 1986): A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing Arts
		Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904 - 1986) was a multifaceted personality who worked for many causes, including the revival of theatre arts, crafts, literatures, animal welfare, Theosophy, and art education.
		But Rukmini Devi declined to contest the elections by reaffirming her commitment to work on behalf of Indian culture and the arts.
		For her multifaceted contribution to the fields of culture, education and the arts, Rukmini Devi was honoured with numerous national awards, including the Padma Bhushan (1956), Sangeet Natak Akademi (1957), Desikothama (1972), and Kalidasa Samman (1984).
	www.exoticindiaart.com /book/details/IDE353 (567 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Books
		Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986): A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing Arts ed.
		OR someone who refused the candidature for the office of the President of India, Rukmini Devi Arundale clearly knew what she wanted from life.
		As for her story, she was crusading for a dying dance form, involved in reviving theatre arts, crafts and literature, actively disseminating the message of theosophy, fighting for animal rights and in whatever little space was left on life’s margins, she was creating, always.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050814/spectrum/book4.htm (509 words)

	Bharatanatyam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rukmini Devi Arundale was one of those who raised the social status of Bharatanatyam and greatly popularized it.
		She was also instrumental in modifying mainly the Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam and bringing it to the attention of the West after being heavily influenced by Anna Pavlova, a Russian ballet dancer.
		According to Shri Sankara Menon, Rukmini Devi raised Bharatanatyam to a puritan art form, divorced from its recently controversial past by "removing objectionable elements" (mostly, the Sringar, certain emotional elements evocative of the erotic) from the Pandanallur style, which was publicly criticized by Balasaraswati and other representatives of the traditional devadasi culture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bharatanatyam (2068 words)

	The ITC as the ‘home’ of the EFTS
		He had become the international president of the TS when Annie Besant died in 1933 and his wife Rukmini Devi took over and remained Head of this Centre until her death in 1986.
		It's aim is summarized as follows: "United in a common dedication, it seeks to become a true and dynamic Link to the countries represented and to the world at large, radiating the living powers of Unity and Peace, the main aim being the integration of Europe, and through Europe the integration of the world".
		Rukmini Devi Arundale was the Head of this Centre for 52 years, from 1934 until 1986.
	www.itc-naarden.org /uk_itc_as_home_of_the_efts_zwollo.htm (1575 words)

	Kalakshetra.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I and II) of Rukmini Devi’s speeches and writings on art, culture, animal welfare and theosophical lectures.
		Rukmini Devi was born at the turn of the century when enormous changes were taking place in the political and social history of India.
		A born artist with a keen aesthetic approach to life, Rukmini Devi’s remarkable life and the cultural renaissance that she spearheaded is sensitively brought to life through vivid visuals by scholar and art ciritic Dr.Sunil Kothari.
	www.kalakshetra.net /Publication.htm (537 words)

	Hinduism Today \| May 1986
		It was her marriage in 1920 to George Sydney Arundale, a theosophist who came to Madras as principal of the Theosophical School, that first set folks to talking in the conservative Tamil community.
		This break with tradition paled, however, before the scandal caused by her enthrallment with the dance arts of the devadasis, derogatively known as "temple harlots." She is best known for taking that dance form, the Bharata Natyam, and making it respectable.
		Rukmini, who three years earlier took ballet lessons from Anna Pavlova in Australia, was captivated.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/1986/05/1986-05-09.shtml (691 words)

	Rukmini Devi Arundale 1904-1986 : A Visionary Architect of Indian Culture and the Performing Arts
		Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986) was a towering, multifaceted personality who worked for many causes, including the revival of theatre, arts, rafts, literature, animal welfare, Theosophy and art education.
		They are authored by a wide range of Indian and international scholars, including dance critics, dance administrators, dancers, dance teachers, bureaucrats, and alumni of the world-renowned Kalakshetra arts institution that Rukmini Devi founded in 1936.
		The essays also discuss Rukmini Devi’s aesthetic vision in relation to history, to tradition, to classicism, her engagement with canonical Sanskrit texts, her creation of ensemble dance-drama productions, and contemporary dance in the United Kingdom.
	www.easternbookcorporation.com /moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=8812 (181 words)

	Rukmini Devi centenary celebrations
		The birth centenary of Rukmini Devi Arundale, the founder of what is one of India's best campuses for culture.
		Rukmini Devi was born on February 29, a 'leap year birthday' as some would say.
		And the celebrations were inaugurated on 1 March 2003, and will lead up to the centenary in 2004.
	www.kutcheribuzz.com /rukminidevi/default.htm (203 words)

	Dancers & Institutes
		This link is about Rukmini Devi - the founder of "Kalakshetra".
		Rukmini Devi Arundale's Kalakshetra is an Institution of national importance.
		Disciple of Rukmini Devi Arundale at Kalakshetra, Anjana is a fine exponent of Bharata Natyam.
	www.nadanam.com /bharatnatyam/b_dancers.htm (534 words)

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