Rubena Sinha

Since I am in the mid 1980s in my recording, before I go back to 1967, let me place on record some pictures from 1985.

Rubena (Ruby) Sinha was an indispensable artiste-in-residence for the community until she left for Toronto about ten years ago. In the early years, she was involved in most of the cultural events that took place. Every year she produced at least one stage event – a dance sequence, shadow play or dance drama. Among her productions of the 1970s were Meera (of which I wrote in an earlier post), Chandalika, and Lila (the story of Mahadevi Akka.)

Trained under Uday Shankar, Ruby was versatile and developed her artistic talent in Winnipeg, spending long hours on training actors and dancers for her productions. Already versed in Bharata Natyam, Manipuri and Kathak, she went back to India and learnt Mohini Attam. She learnt flamenco dancing. Later, she branched into fusion theatre, combining music and dance forms from India and the west.

These pictures are from her 1985 production, Image of Woman.