Rukmini Devi Arundale   Dancer, 1904-1986 Poetry in Motion A rebel who horrified her orthodox community, Rukmini Devi Arundale reinvented Bharatanatyam, eliminating the erotic and introducing the devout. A feminist far ahead of her time, she created a school which evolved into a form of dance. "Many people have said many things. I can only say I did not consciously go after dance. It found me."