What is Mrinalini Sarabhai?
[[File:Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrinalini Sarabhai.jpg|thumb|200px|Mrinalini Sarabhai with Jawaharlal Nehru in 1948]] '''Mrinalini Sarabhai''' ({{lang-hi|मृणालिनी साराभाई}}; 11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] classical dancer, [[choreographer]] and instructor. She was the founder of the [[Darpana Academy of Performing Arts]] in the city of [[Ahmedabad]]. She received many awards and citations in recognitions of her work to art. She trained over 18,000 students in [[Bharatnatyam]] and [[Kathakali]]. She was born in [[Kerala]], India. She was married to renowned physicist [[Vikram Sarabhai]]. Sarabhai was hospitalized in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India for [[pneumonia]] on 20 January 2016. She died the next day of [[respiratory failure]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Mrinalini Sarabhai passes away|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/noted-danseuse-mrinalini-sarabhai-passed-away/article8133753.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 21 January 2016|access-date = 21 January 2016|issn = 0971-751X|language = en-IN}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://www.darpana.com/about_us_mrinalini_sarabhai.php Biography of Mrinalini Sarabhai at the website of Darpana Academy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708233437/http://darpana.com/about_us_mrinalini_sarabhai.php |date=2011-07-08 }} *[http://www.mkgandhi.org/Sarojini/sarabhai.htm Biography at mkgandhi.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002034636/http://www.mkgandhi.org/Sarojini/sarabhai.htm |date=2006-10-02 }} *[http://mrinalinisarabhai.blogspot.com/ Mrinalini Sarabhai's Blog] *[http://mrinalinisarabhai.blogspot.com/ Download Mrinalini Sarabhai's autobiography from her blog] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sarabhai, Mrinalini}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Indian choreographers]] [[Category:Indian dancers]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in India]] [[Category:People from Kerala]] [[Category:Malayali people