THE BURGHER ELITE AND KANDYAN DANCE September 9, 2016, 7:32 pm By KAMALIKA PIERIS Several members of the Burgher elite of the twentieth century took an interest in Udarata dance. Dr Andreas Nell (1864-1956) was a medical specialist in eye diseases working at Victoria Memorial Eye Hospital, Colombo from 1905-1924. He was educated at Trinity College Kandy. He was interested in Sinhala culture and had written on many aspects of it, including ‘Some Trees & Plants of Mahavamsa’. Nell had supplied a brief essay, probably as ‘programme notes’, to the recital of Kandyan dance organized by the 43 Group in Colombo in July 1945. Neville Weeraratne says these ‘authoritative notes on the Kandyan dance’ are worthy of reproduction. The essay, however, is not listed in Goonetileke’s ‘Bibliography of Ceylon’ and is no longer available. In his essay, Nell had noted that a good traditional dance troupe should show the following dances, ...