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Tags: Almora school, artistic commitment, artistic discipline, artistic integrity, artistic labor, artistic risk, artistic standards, arts institutions, audience development, ballet influence, booking and touring systems, breaking tradition, chamber spaces, choreographic development, choreography, classical movement complexity, classical training, classical vs modern aesthetics, collaboration challenges, committees and consensus, contemporary sensibility, creative limitations, creative process, cross-cultural influence, cultural policy in India, dance criticism, dance production, dancer identity, dancer training, European production systems, folk influence on modern dance, funding challenges, guru–shishya tradition, Indian classical dance, Indian performing arts ecosystem, innovation within tradition, institutional bureaucracy, international comparisons, lack of modern dance lineage in India, lifestyle embedded in classical dance, martha graham, modern ballet, modern dance in India, modernism in Indian dance, movement vocabulary, movement-based innovation, musical format, mythology in dance, Nari Shamanon, narrative structures, organizer–artist dynamics, performance culture, performance environment, performer psychology, production funding, professional dance conditions, proscenium stage, quality control in arts programming, rehearsal process, rushed productions, sustainability of dance practice, tradition and change, troupe development, Uday Shankar, Uday Shankar movement, Western influence on Indian arts, Western theater practice, young dancers