Revanta Sarabhai (born 2 September 1984) is an Indian film and theatre actor, dancer, and choreographer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is known for being one of the few male Bharatanatyam soloists of his generation.

Early life

He is the son of dancer turned activist Mallika Sarabhai and publisher Bipin Shah; and grandson of the Indian physicist

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and dancer

Mrinalini Sarabhai Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, ...

. Sarabhai got his basic dance training from his grandmother Mrinalini Sarabhai and had his solo classical dance début at age eight. He started touring with the Darpana Performing Group in his early teens, starting in 1999 and also got training in a variety of folk, contemporary and martial arts forms from India and abroad. Revanta Sarabhai Male Dancer

Education and career

Sarabhai has a bachelor's degree in fine arts from

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, and a master's degree in performance & creative research from the

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and worked as an independent dancer and choreographer in Europe before moving to India in 2014. He headed the arts education and training activities at the

Darpana Academy of Performing Arts Darpana Academy of Performing Arts is a school for performing arts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, established by Mrinalini Sarabhai and Vikram Sarabhai in 1949, it has been directed by their daughter Mallika Sarabhai for the last three decades. The sc ...

in Ahmedabad from 2014 to 2017, and continues to be an internationally touring performer and choreographer. Sarabhai has collaborated with several international dancers and choreographers and has been an associate choreographer at Korzo, Den Haag since 2012. In 2017, Sarabhai made his feature film debut with the Gujarati film ''Dhantya Open'', co-starring

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, and

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. He has since acted in four other Gujarati feature films, including ''O! Taareee'' (2017), '' Mijaaj'' (2018), ''Paaghadi'' (2018) and '' Mara Pappa Superhero'' (2021). In 2018, Sarabhai made his television debut as a host on the Gujarati dance reality show ''Naach Maari Saathe'' on

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channel. In 2021, Sarabhai featured in an episode of the web series ''Cutting'' on Oho Gujarati.

Filmography

Television Series

References

External links

Revanta Sarabhai Official WebsiteTehelka MagazineKorzo Theatre - Resident Choreographer ProfileRevanta Sarabhai on IMDBTimes of India – Revanta Sarabhai talks about being a TV host
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