Roshanara

Olive Katherine Craddock (22 January 1894 – 14 July 1926) was an Anglo-Indian dancer trained in British India who danced under the name Roshanara.

Her father was John James Nolan Craddock who was Anglo-Indian and her mother was Mabel Mary Ann Adams who was British.

[3] She danced with Loie Fuller's company and then undertook training with the Spanish dancer Carmen Tórtola Valencia.

Devi was accompanied by her husband Ananda Coomaraswamy who was employed by the Boston Museum of Art as an expert on Indian culture.

Coomaraswamy wrote about how Roshanara was an authentic nautch dancer in contrast to Ruth St Denis who a few years before had shown Indian style dances.

[7] Craddock has been compared to the American dancer Ruth St. Denis who popularised oriental style dances in America.

Roshanara by Robert Henri