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Kelucharan Mohapatra


Kelucharan Mohapatra (8 January 1926 – 7 April 2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century. He is the first person to receive the Padma Vibhushan from Odisha. A noted Sanskrit poet of India writes on this "Guru": "Saango-paanga-subhangi-laasya-madhuram samteerna-nrutyaarnavam", which translates as - "Each fraction of his dancing body leads to paramount sweetness
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the oldest of the eight surviving classical dance forms of India can be traced from archaeological evidence from the temples in Bhubaneswar. Odissi dance is generally accompanied by Odissi music. Srjan, the Odissi dance academy founded by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, the legendary Odissi dancer is found here. The Rabindra Mandapa in central Bhubaneswar plays host to cultural engagements, theatre and private functions. Though Odia women traditionally wear the sari, shalwar kameez and, of late, Western attire is gaining acceptance among younger women. Western-style dress has greater acceptance
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Oxford Odissi Festival


Oxford Odissi Festival is an annual Indian classical dance festival held at University of Oxford, United Kingdom. The festival was founded by Indian dancer and choreographer Baisali Mohanty in 2015 and is organised by Oxford Odissi Centre in association with the High Commission of India to the United Kingdom. Beside exhibiting new and innovative choreographies in Odissi, the festival showcases all forms of Indian classical dance. The festival was conceptualised by Baisali Mohanty, a Master’s Degree student at University of Oxford and a classical dancer and choreographer, to help popularise Odissi and
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Pankaj Charan Das


Guru Pankaj Charan Das is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and the "Ādi Guru" of Odissi dance. He is known as the 'Father of Odissi dance'. He was the adopted son of a "mahari" (temple dancer) Ratna Prabha Devi and from her he learnt the art of devotional movement. He was responsible to revive the dance form that later became the base for birth of Odissi. He was the man who was responsible for bringing odissi out of the temple precincts into broad daylight. He was
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Sanjukta Panigrahi


Sanjukta Panigrahi (24 August 1944 – 24 June 1997) was a dancer from India, who was the foremost exponent of Indian classical dance Odissi. Sanjukta was the first Odia woman to embrace this ancient classical dance at an early age and ensure its grand revival. In recognition of her contribution to dancing and associated activities, she was honoured with one of India's highest civilian awards the, Padma Shri (1975). She is also recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1976. Apart from presenting Odissi performances in different
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Sanchita Bhattacharya


Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya or Sanchita Bhattacharya is an Indian Odissi dancer. She specializes in classical Odissi dance. She has performed across India and abroad, including at New York's Madison Square Garden. She toured the US for charity funds. She was featured in a movie in the US. Its shooting is in progress. "The New York Times" noted "her dance has been described as perfection". Odissi dancing dates back to the first and second century BC, and is one of India's oldest surviving dace forms.
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times Bharatanatyam was performed by mandir (Hindu temple) Devadasis. Many of the ancient sculptures in Hindu temples are based on Bharatanatyam dance postures karanas. Odissi is one of the oldest surviving forms of dance, with depictions of Odissi dancing dating back as far as the 1st century BC. Like other forms of Indian classical dance, the Odissi style traces its origins back to antiquity. Dancers are found depicted in bas-relief in the hills of Udaygiri (near Bhubaneswar) dating back to the 1st century BC. The Natya Shastra
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Madhumita Raut


Madhumita Raut is an Indian classical dancer of Odissi (Orissi). She is the daughter of Mamta Khuntia and Mayadhar Raut, who revived Odissi (Indian classical dance) in the 1950s with Shastra-based knowledge. She lives in Delhi, manages and teaches at the Jayantika Association's Mayadhar Raut School of Odissi Dance, one of the active and result-oriented Odissi dance school in Delhi. Brought up in Delhi in an atmosphere of dance and music under her father's tutelage, Madhumita Raut received her academic qualifications at the
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movement" in 1892, to ban all such dance forms. The dancers were dehumanized and stigmatized as prostitutes during the British period. In 1910, the British colonial government in India banned temple dancing, and the dance artists were reduced to abject poverty from the lack of any financial support for performance arts, combined with stereotyping stigma. The temple dance ban and the cultural discrimination during the colonial rule marshaled a movement by Hindus to question the stereotypes and to revive the regional arts of India, including Odissi. Due to these efforts
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Nrityagram


Nrityagram is India's first modern Gurukul (residential school) for Indian classical dances and an intentional community in the form of a dance village, set up by Odissi dancer Protima Gauri in 1990. The residential school offers training in Indian classical dance forms, Odissi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Manipuri, eight hours a day, six days a week for seven years, following the ancient Guru-shishya tradition. Designed by famous Indian architect Gerard da Cunha, the community is situated near Hesaraghatta Lake 30
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each dancer has her imaginary square of space, with spins and expression held within it. The foot movement or "pada bhedas" too have basic dance units, and Odissi has six of these, in contrast to four found in most classical Indian dances. The three primary dance positions in Odissi are: "Mudras" or "Hastas" are hand gestures which are used to express the meaning of a given act. Like all classical dances of India, the aim of Odissi is in part to convey emotions, mood and
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Minati Mishra


Minati Mishra is an Indian classical dancer and actress, known for her expertise in the Indian classical dance form of Odissi. She is reported to be the oldest living Odissi performer. The Government of India honored Mishra in 2012, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri. Minati Mishrs, née Minati Das, was born in 1929 in Cuttack, in the Indian state of Odisha, to Basanta Kumar Das, a local school headmaster, as the youngest of his three children. She started learning dance and music at an
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revived Odissi in the late forties and early fifties. Sanjukta Panigrahi was a leading disciple of Kelucharan Mohapatra who popularized Odissi by performing in India and abroad. In the mid-sixties, three other disciples of Kelucharan Mohapatra, Kumkum Mohanty and Sonal Mansingh, were known for their performances in India and abroad. Laximipriya Mohapatra performed a piece of Odissi abhinaya in the Annapurna Theatre in Cuttack in 1948, a show upheld as the first classical Odissi dance performance after its contemporary revival. Guru Mayadhar Raut played a pivotal role in giving Odissi
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Oxford Odissi Centre


and University of Edinburgh. The centre, in association with the High Commission of India to the United Kingdom, organizes the Oxford Odissi Festival, an annual festival of Indian classical dance at the University of Oxford. The centre was founded in 2015 by Baisali Mohanty, a post-graduate student at University of Oxford and a classical dancer and choreographer. The centre was registered with the Proctor’s Office and officially inducted as a society of the University of Oxford in 2016. The centre serves as an advance centre for learning Odissi dance
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Srinwanti Chakrabarti


Srinwanti Chakrabarti () is an Indian classical dancer and choreographer specialising in the style of Odissi. She was initiated into the dance form at five and flowered as a professional dancer while in her teens. She worked in England for several years as a dance educator, choreographer and performer. She has also founded an arts centre called Srijati in Kolkata where she has trained several dancers and formed her own dance troupe. Her innovative choreography has received positive reviews both in India and abroad. Recently she has performed extensively in France and has
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Geeta Mahalik


Geeta Mahalik (born 1948) is an Indian classical dancer, regarded by many, as one of the finest exponents of the Indian classical dance form of Odissi, the oldest among the eight Indian classical dance forms. The Government of India honored her, in 2014, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her services to the field of art and culture. Gita Mahalik started learning dance at a very early age from renowned guru, Deba Prasad Dash. This was followed by training under Mayadhar Raut which
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Maguni Charan Das


Maguni Charan Das was an Indian traditional dancer, known as one of the masters of Gotipua, a traditional dance form of Odisha. He was the founder of "Dasabhuja Gotipua Odishi Nrutya Praishad", a school for Gotipua dance where the art form is taught in the traditional Gurukul way. Born in Raghurajpur, in Puri district of the Indian state of Odisha, he is known to have contributed to the revival of Gotipua tradition, which is widely considered as the precursor of the classical dance form of Odissi. His style of
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that the devadasis who until then were attached only to temples came to be patronized by royal courts. With the abolition of the devadasi system in independent India, Mahari dance entered a period of steady decline. Its revival and adaptation for stage performances are credited to the late Odissi doyen Guru Pankaj Charan Das. The Odissi dancer Rupashri Mohapatra, a disciple of Pankaj Das, has also played a notable role in reviving Mahari. The dance was once taught exclusively to the maharis of the Jagannath Temple. The last of the professional maharis
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far as the history of the classical Odissi dance goes back. At present the Odissi music is being lobbied by the intellectual community of the state to be recognized as a classical form of music by the cultural ministry of India. Be side Classical Odissi dance, there are some other prominent cultural and folk dance forms of the Odia people that have followed different parts if evolution over the ages. The folk dance forms have evolved over ages with direct tribal influence over them. They are listed as below. Modern Odias have also adopted
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Odissi music


Odissi music ("oṛiśī") is a genre of classical music in India originated from the eastern state of Odisha. Indian classical music has five significant branches: Avanti, Panchali, Odramagadhi, Hindustani and Carnatic. Of these, Odramagadhi exists in the form of Odissi music. Generally, Odissi is one of the classical dances of India performed with Odissi music. Odissi music was shaped during the time of Odiya poet Jayadeva, who composed lyrics meant to be sung. By the 11th century AD, folk music of Odisha in
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Indrani Rahman


Indrani Rahman (19 September 1930, Chennai – 5 February 1999, New York) was an Indian classical dancer, of Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Odissi, which she popularised in the west, and later settled in New York in 1976. In 1952, she won the Miss India pageant. Later, she joined her mother Ragini Devi's company. She popularised the Indian classical dance form, Odissi during her international tours. Indrani had received the Padma Shri in 1969 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the performing
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the night before Ashokashtami car festival. On the evening, the water in the tank is sold to the public. The Department of Tourism of the state government organises a three-day yearly dance function called "Mukteswar Dance Festival" in the temple premises. This festival celebrates the features of Odissi, the classical dance form of Odisha and Odissi music, the classical music of the same tradition. Popular Odissi dancers perform during the function, accompanied by instruments like mardala. The event is webcast in the state government portal. https://www.lingaraj-temple.com/mukteswara-temple/
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Odissi in east India and other major classical dances found in South Asia. It differs from the numerous folk dance forms found in north and other parts of the Indian subcontinent. The Kathak dancers, in the ancient India, were traveling bards and were known as. "Kathakas", or "Kathakar". Kathak has inspired simplified regional variants, such as the "Bhavai" – a form of rural theatre focussing on the tales of Hindu goddesses (Shakti), and one which emerged in the medieval era, is presently
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Sujata Mohapatra


Sujata Mohapatra (born 27 June 1968) is an Indian classical dancer and teacher of Odissi dancing style. Sujata Mohapatra was born in Balasore in 1968. She started learning Odissi at an early age from Guru Sudhakar Sahu. Sujata Mohapatra came to Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, in 1987 to further her training under Padma Vibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra at Odissi Research Center in Bhubaneshwar. She married Ratikant Mohapatra, son of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. Her daughter Preetisha Mohapatra is also an Odissi dancer. Sujata Mohapatra started dancing Odissi classical and folk dance with
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. Odissi has been included in Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar's BTech syllabus since 2015 as the first Indian national technical institute to introduce any classical dance in syllabus. Guinness World Records has acknowledged the feat of the largest congregation of Odissi dancers in a single event. 555 Odissi dancers performed at the event hosted on 23 December 2011, in the Kalinga stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The dancers performed the "Mangalacharan, Battu, Pallavi, Abhinay" and "Mokshya" dance items from the Odissi repertoire. More than 1000 Odissi
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body positions, and the inclusion of dramatic or expressive acting or abhinaya. Indian classical music provides accompaniment and dancers of nearly all the styles wear bells around their ankles to counterpoint and complement the percussion. There are now many regional varieties of Indian classical dance. Dances like ""Odra Magadhi"", which after decades long debate, has been traced to present day Mithila, Odisha region's dance form of Odissi (Orissi), indicate influence of dances in cultural interactions between different regions. The Punjab area overlapping India and
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(Odissi) is a classical dance in Eastern India. It originates from the state of Odisha, in Eastern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences. Odissi has a long, unbroken tradition of 2,000 years and finds mention in the "Natyashastra" of Bharatamuni, possibly written circa 200 BCE. Mahari Dance is one of the important dance forms of Odisha and originated in the temples of Odisha. History of Odisha provides evidence of the 'Devadasi' cult in Odisha. Devadasis
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Archita Sahu


also won "Miss Talented" and "Miss Stylish Hair" titles in the finale. Before entering into acting,she was a classical dancer. Sahu is a trained Odissi dancer who started learning Odissi dance when she was six years old. She has completed Visharad in Odissi from Akhil Bharat Mahavidyalaya. Sahu was born in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She completed her schooling from D.M School and B.Tech graduation from KIIT University. She is also an Odissi dancer who has won National Scholarship in Odissi dance. In 2004, she was crowned
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Jyoti Rout


Jyoti Rout (born July 15, 1965) is an eminent Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer of Odissi dancing style. Jyoti Rout grew up in the remote town of Joda in Odisha, India. Her interest in dance began in her childhood, where she used to see local tribal dance programs during various festivals. She later received a master's degree in Odissi dance from the music and dance college Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, and was one of the first women to study and perform Chau dance, a
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dance form nearly became extinct during the British period, only to be revived after India's independence by a few proponents, such as Guru Deba Prasad Das, Guru Pankaj Charan Das, Guru Raghunath Dutta and Kelucharan Mohapatra. Odissi classical dance is about the divine love of Krishna and his consort Radha, mostly drawn from compositions by the notable Odia poet Jayadeva, who lived in the 12th century CE. "Chhau dance (or Chau dance)" is a form of tribal martial dance attributed to origins in Mayurbhanj princely state of
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martial art dance form from Odisha. In 1993, Jyoti Rout became the first dancer to perform for Lord Jagannath in Puri, Odisha, after the Deva Dasi (temple dancer) tradition had ended under the British rule. In 1997, she founded the California-based Odissi dance school Jyoti Kala Mandir, College of Indian Classical Arts, which is currently based in Fremont, California, USA. In 2012, she established a branch in Lingipur Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Mahari Award from Guru Pankaj Charan Das foundation, Odisha
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to another school of that, "Panchali" originates from the word "panch", which means five in Bengali language, referring to the five elements of this genre: song, music, extempore versifying, poetic contests, and dance. Odissi music is a classical music in India originated from the eastern state of Odisha. Indian Classical music has five significant branches: Avanti, Panchali, Udramagadhi, Hindustani and carnatic. Of these, Udramagadhi exists in the form of Odissi music. Generally, Odissi is one of the classical
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Arts of Odisha


The Indian state of Odisha has a rich cultural and artistic heritage. Due to the reign of many different rulers in the past, arts and crafts in Odisha underwent many changes giving an artistic diversity today in the forms of traditional handicrafts, painting and carving, dance and music. Odissi dance is particularly prominent and in itself displays the fusion of many styles in history. Odissi is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. The classic treatise of Indian dance, Natya Shastra, refers to it as Odra-Magadhi.
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dances of India performed with Odissi music. Odissi music got shaped during the time of famous Oriya poet, Jayadeva, who composed lyrics meant to be sung. By the 11th century CE folk music of Odisha existing in the form of Triswari, Chatuhswari, and Panchaswari was modified into the classical style. However, Odissi songs were written even before the Odia language developed. Odissi music has a rich legacy dating back to the 2nd century BCE, when king Kharvela, the ruler of Odisha (Kalinga) patronised this music and dance
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Shobana Sahajananan


Shobana Sahajananan (born 26 April 1987) is a Malaysian Indian classical dancer of Indian descent. Sahajananan specializes in the classical dance forms of Odissi, Bharathanatyam and Bollywood. She started her dance training at a very young age. She studied Bharatanatyam under Guru Devi Maheswaran, later pursuing Odissi under guru Ramli Ibrahim's watchful eye. She be performed her Arangetram (graduation from Bharathanatyam) with her sister, Shalini, in May 2012. She also taught Bollywood dance in Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC). Sahajananan choreographs,
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Sharmila Biswas


Sharmila Biswas is a noted Indian classical dancer and choreographer in the Odissi, and a disciple of guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. In 1995, she established Odissi Vision and Movement Center in Kolkata, where she is the Artistic Director, the centre also has OVM Repertory. In 2012, Biswas was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Biswas was born and brought up in Kolkata, where she started learning dance from the age of eight. When she
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harvest. Karama is a festival dedicated to the worship of Karam-Devta (Karam-Lord/God), the god of power, youth, and youthfulness. It is celebrated mainly by the tribal groups. Odissi (Orissi) dance and music are classical art forms. Odissi is the oldest surviving dance form in India on the basis of archaeological evidence. Odissi has a long, unbroken tradition of 2,000 years, and finds mention in the "Natyashastra" of Bharatamuni, possibly written c. 200 BC. However, the
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Mayadhar Raut


Guru Mayadhar Raut (born 6 July 1930) is an Indian classical Odissi dancer, choreographer and Guru. Raut was born in the village Kantapenhara in Cuttack district, subsequently he received his dance training under the Guru-shishya tradition of Odissi by Rukmini Devi Arundale at Kalakshetra. He is married to Mamta Khuntia, and they have one daughter and two sons; daughter Madhumita Raut is also a noted Odissi dancer. Mayadhar Raut has played a major role in giving Odissi its classical 'shastra' based status. He introduced Mudra Vinyoga
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Reela Hota


Bhasha" where Reela danced with ballet dancers from Bucharest National Opera House to Hindustani classical music and Western classical symphonies. She is the youngest celebrity and only Odissi dancer to be featured in by Doordarshan Bharati on the Program: ‘What Celebrities Say’ with stalwarts such as Padma Bhushan Dr. Raja Reddy, Pandit Birju Maharaj and Padma Bhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhari. She was interviewed on Doordarshan. She produced and performed in a fusion dance for Colors of India series of the Rajya Sabha TV with artists Bogdan Canila, Christina Dijmaru, Lipsa
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Saswat Joshi


Saswat Joshi (born December 18, 1984) is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer, model and an exponent of the Odissi dancing style. Saswat Joshi was born in Titlagarh on 18 December 1984. Saswat started his journey as a dancer when he was five years old under the able guidance of Guru Prasanta Patnaik and Guru Shantanu Behera at his native village Titlagarh, Bolangir. He learned the basics of dance and postures of Odissi dance with great interest and dedication as a child artist. Saswat started his professional Odissi training under Guru
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Sujata Mohapatra


Sahu's dance troupe in programs across Odisha. Under the tutelage of Kelucharan Mohapatra, her dance style evolved, and she was groomed to become one of the foremost Odissi dancers of her generation. Sujata Mohapatra performs in India, and other countries, as a soloist and a leading member of the Srjan Dance Troupe, founded by her father-in-law. Sujata Mohapatra is actively involved in teaching Odissi. She is the Principal of 'Srjan' (Odissi Nrityabasa), a prime Odissi Dance Institution founded by MGuru Kelucharan
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Ananya Chatterjea


Ananya Chatterjea is a contemporary Indian dancer and scholar. She is the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of Ananya Dance Theatre, a professional, contemporary Indian dance company composed of women artists of color. She is also a professor of dance at the University of Minnesota. Originally from Bengal, India, Chatterjea now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chatterjea grew up in Kolkata, India where she was trained in Indian classical and folk dance, particularly the Odissi style. Growing up she struggled to reconcile the beauty of dance she
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Bhagaban Sahu


Bhagaban Sahu was an Indian folk dancer, teacher and choreographer, known for codifying the folk dance forms of Odisha. He was born on 21 September 1914 at Ganjam in the Indian state of Odisha in a Brahmin family and took to folk dancing. He was credited with efforts to revive the traditional Odissi dance forms such as Baagh Naach (Tiger dance), Stilt dance, Jodi sankha, Laudi, Paika dance and Chadheia chadheiani. He taught the villagers about these dance forms and trained them on the art. He was the
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Rani Karnaa


meet Kumkum Mohanty, the famous Odissi dancer. Through her, Rani Karnaa got in touch with the renowned guru, Kelucharan Mahapatra and learnt Odissi from the master from 1966 to 1985. She has also trained under various other famous gurus such as Amubi Singh, Narendra Kumar and Lalita Shastri, a disciple of the renowned Rukmini Devi Arundale. Rani Karnaa performed extensively across India and outside, performing at almost all the major classical dance festivals in India. Her performances are said to have received acclaim in places like UK, Russia and
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Shantona Bag


Shantona Bag (born 25 January 1985) is an Australian qualified medical practitioner and an internationally performing classical dancer often touted as the ‘dancing doctor’. Bag is classically trained in the Indian dance forms Odissi and Bharata Natyam. Since the age of seven, she has been under the tutelage of artistic director Ramli Ibrahim at the Sutra Dance Theatre in Malaysia. In 2007 she completed her solo Bharata Natyam Arangetram, a graduation ceremony amongst dancers, titled ‘Storming Destiny’. For this she received a 2007 nomination for the Kakiseni
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Government of India at 10. She won the gold medal from All India Radio for Ghazals in 2000 and the Silver for Hindustani Classical Music in 2002. She learned German as a language in the Max Mueller Bhavan in Chennai and completed certification courses from NIIT and SSI in web design. During her school life, she held jobs with both Sify and studentconcepts.org. Chinmayi currently holds a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Madras. She is also a versatile dancer and mostly enjoys the Odissi form of dance. Apart
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dancers performed at the World Cultural Festival March 12, 2016. This is till date the largest congregation of Odissi dancers in a single event. An Odissi dance centre has been opened from January, 2016, at the University of Oxford. Known as Oxford Odissi Centre, it is an initiative of the Odissi dancer and choreographer Baisali Mohanty who is also a post-graduate scholar at the University of Oxford. Beside holding regular Odissi dance classes at its institution, the Oxford Odissi Centre also conducts Odissi dance workshops at other academic institutions
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at University of Oxford. It holds regular Odissi classes at several colleges of University of Oxford. Modules are offered to both fresher and advanced learners and stretches from one term to six terms. Besides dance instruction, the centre undertakes numerous activities to promote Odissi and other Indian classical dance at the university. Activities include organizing dance events, exhibitions, symposiums, conferences, and talks. The centre also maintains a team of dancers and choreographers to undertake performance on invitation. It also conducts Odissi workshops and performances at several Russell Group member
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of Odissi trace to the ancient Sanskrit text "Natya Shastra", its existence in antiquity evidenced by the dance poses in the sculptures of Odissi Hindu temples, and archeological sites related to Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The Odissi dance tradition declined during the Islamic rule era, and was suppressed under the British Rule. The suppression was protested by the Indians, followed by its revival, reconstruction and expansion since India gained independence from the colonial rule. Odissi is traditionally a dance-drama genre of performance art, where the artist(s
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in the evolution and growth of Odissi Dance. She has introduced new concepts, new techniques and new themes in Odissi Dance repertory. Her choreographies provided linkages with the evolution of Odissi Dance from its formative Mahari, Gotipua to its current version. Being an accomplished Odissi musician, she has a distinct contribution in integrating the pure Odissi music in Odissi Dance, thereby enhancing the classicality of Odissi Dance in its contemporary format. Srjan (Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa) is a premier Odissi dance school & training institution founded by Guru Kelucharan
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Deba Prasad Das


Deba Prasad Das was an Indian classical dancer, considered by critics and connoisseurs as one of the four first generation gurus of the Indian classical dance form of Odissi. His Odissi style is robust and unique. He was a recipient of the 1977 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. and 1974 Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Deba Prasad Das was born in 1932 in a small village near Cuttack called Keul Chabi Sua, in the Indian state of Odisha to Indramani Devi and Durga Charan Das, a police officer. He lost his mother at
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Dance forms of Andhra Pradesh


The dance forms of Andhra Pradesh take on a wide variety of colors, costumes, and types; and involve different settings and musical instruments. Andhra Pradesh is a state in southern India. Vilasini Natyam is dance tradition of deva dasis in Andhra Pradesh. It faced near extinct after anti-deva dasi act and fortunately revived by few remaining dancers. It is yet to receive "Indian Classical Dance" status. Andhra Natyam is a classical dance form originating from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. This traditional dance form
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Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi


Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi is an Indian classical dancer of Odissi, art writer, a biologist and a former vice chancellor of Sambalpur University. Born on 18 November 1935, she secured a master's degree and subsequently, obtained a doctoral degree in zoology. She also learnt Odissi from an early age under Ban Bihari Maiti and her Odissi performance at the Inter-University Youth Festival in New Delhi in 1954 is reported to have helped the dance form to gain international attention through Charles Fabri, the renowned art critic from Hungary, who was
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4 and in 1996 she joined NRITYAGRAM, the dance village started by the noted Odissi dancer, late PROTIMA GAURI BEDI, and won a scholarship for her studies. Subsequently, she has been living in Orissa where she received further training in Odissi from GURU KELUCHARAN MOHAPATRA and many more. She is the only Japanese Odissi dancer, an empanelled Artist of ICCR, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Govt. of India. She has been selected as one of the 100 most respected Japanese in the world by the Newsweek Japan in 2008
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, the classical Indian dances witnessed a period of renaissance and reconstruction, which gained momentum particularly after Indians gained their freedom from colonialism. Odissi, along with several other major Indian dances gained recognition after efforts by many scholars and performers in the 1950s, particularly by Kavichandra Kalicharan Pattanayak, an Oriya poet, dramatist and researcher. Pattanayak is also credited with naming the dance form as "Odissi". Odissi, in the classical and medieval period has been, a team dance founded on Hindu texts. This drama-dance involved women
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Raghurajpur


Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village out of Puri district, India, known for its master Pattachitra painters, an art form which dates back to 5 BC in the region and Gotipua dance troupes, the precursor to the Indian classical dance form of Odissi. It is also known as the birthplace of one of the finest Odissi exponents and Guru, Kelucharan Mohapatra. Apart from that, the village is also home to crafts like Tussar paintings, palm leaf engravings, stone and wood carvings, wooden, cowdung and papier mache toys,
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is in the Odissi style, but their technique, costumes and presentation differ from those of the "mahari"; the singing is done by the dancers. Present-day Odissi dance has been influenced by Gotipua dance. Most masters of Odissi dance (such as Kelucharan Mohapatra, from Raghurajpur) were Gotipua dancers in their youth. Odissi dance is a combination of "tandava" (vigorous, masculine) and "lasya" (graceful, feminine) dances. It has two basic postures: "tribhangi" (in which
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Sonal Mansingh


Sonal Mansingh (born 30 April 1944) is an Indian classical dancer and Guru Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She has been nominated by the President of India to become a Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha. Sonal Mansingh was born in Mumbai, second of three children to Arvind and Poornima Pakvasa, a noted social worker from Gujarat and Padma Vibhushan winner in 2004. Her grandfather was Mangal Das Pakvasa, a freedom fighter, and one of the first five Governors of India. She started learning Manipuri dance at age four,
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as "Odissi", "Bharatanatyam", and these cities host hundreds of shows every year. Dances which were exclusive to one gender, now have participation by both males and females. Many innovations and developments in modern practice of classical Indian dances, states Anne-Marie Geston, are of a quasi-religious type. Some traditions of the Indian classical dance are practiced in the whole Indian subcontinent, including Pakistan and Bangladesh, with which India shares several other cultural traits. Indian mythologies play significant part in dance forms of
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Leena Mohanty


, Odisha, India to Rabinarayana Mohanty (Gurudas), a businessman a and Swarna Mohanty, a poet. However, she was raised in a spiritual and cultural family and therefore, was introduced to Odissi dance at the tender age of four. She first learnt under Deba Prasad Das, a famous Odissi dancer, but after the demise of her teacher, she continued her training under Guru Durga Charan Ranbir. She still continues to perform and teach Odissi dance. At the age of eleven to twelve, she acted in the
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(1360-1361 CE), for example, describe the destruction of the Jagannath temple as well as numerous other temples, defacing of dancing statues, and ruining of dance halls. This led to a broad decline in Odissi and other religious arts, but there were some benevolent rulers in this period who supported arts particularly through performances at courts. During the Sultanate and Mughal era of India, the temple dancers were moved to entertain the Sultan's family and courts. They became associated with concubinage to the nobility. The Odissi
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Sharmila Biswas


Odissi as well as her experimental choreographic works. She has also done extensive research on the ancient Mahari dance performed by temple dancers of Orissa. In 1995, she established Odissi Vision and Movement Center (OVM) in Kolkata, where is the Artistic Director, and trains young dancer, the institute also run the OVM Repertory. In 2009, she started "Poorva Dhara", an annual festival of traditional dances of East and North East India. She was conferred the "Best Choreography Award" from the Ministry of Information and
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performance includes pure dance ("nritta"), and expressive part of the performance ("nritya"), where rhythmic gestures as a sign language mime the play. Vocalists and musicians accompany the artist, and the "tala" and "raga" set to (Carnatic music). In modern productions, Kuchipudi dancers include men and women. Odissi originated in the Hindu temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India. Odissi, in its history, was performed predominantly by women, and expressed religious stories and
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East Zone Cultural Centre


to three classical dance Odissi, Sattriya and Manipuri dance. Classical music Odissi music and semi-classical music Rabindra Sangeet. The EZCC has been functioning from 1985 and playing a significant role promote the numerous ethnic cultural centres and groups of excellence of the eastern parts of the India. And the objective of EZCC is projection and dissemination of eastern part of India's traditional culture. The members of the EZCC are 1. Cultural Affairs Deptt. Govt. of Assam, 2. Director, Arts, Culture & Youth Affairs Deptt.
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in its manuscripts discovered in Gujarat, includes classical Indian dance poses – such as the "Samapada", the "Tribhangi" and the "Chuaka" of Odissi. This, states Vatsyayan, suggests that Odissi was admired or at least well known in distant parts of India, far from Odisha in the medieval era, to be included in the margins of an important Jain text. However, the Jain manuscripts use the dance poses as decorative art in the margins and cover, but do not describe or discuss the dance.
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opportunity to work alongside the renowned Odissi exponents such as Pankaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Kumar Dayal Sharan and Mayadhar Raut. Annapurna also became defunct by 1953 by which time Deb Das had already mastered the dance form of Odissi. The next move was to "Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya", a school of dance music, where Das joined as a faculty member for Odissi in 1964. Here, he tutored Indrani Rahman a Bharatanatyam dancer at that time, whom he taught Odissi. and the association with Rahman brought Das into public
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Konark


is run by the Archaeological Survey of India. Konark is also home to an annual dance festival called Konark Dance Festival, devoted to classical Indian dance forms, including the traditional classical dance of Odisha, Odissi. In February 2019, the Konark Dance Festival (now called Konark Music and Dance Festival) will be hosting its 33rd edition. On 16 February 1980, Konark lay directly on the path of a total solar eclipse. The name Konârka is derived from the Sanskrit word "Kona" (meaning "angle") and
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Sushrii Shreya Mishraa


Republic Day Camp) held in New Delhi during Republic Day twice, in 2005 and 2007. She has won gold medals for horse riding and Odissi dance. She has done visharad in Odissi dance. She is a trained aerial silk rope dancer and a certified scuba diver. In 2010, she won the annual Asian Supermodel India Contest and represented India at the world finale of Asian Supermodel 2010 contest held in China. She was declared Miss Friendship International at the same contest. She was also a participant at I AM She 2010
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Ileana Citaristi


Ileana Citaristi is an Italian-born Odissi and Chhau dancer, and dance instructor based in Bhubaneswar, India. She was awarded the 43rd National Film Awards for Best Choreography for "Yugant" in 1995 and became, in 2006, the first dancer of foreign origin to be conferred the Padma Shri for her contributions to Odissi. Citaristi, a native of Bergamo, Italy, the daughter of Severino Citaristi, a leading politician of the Democrazia Cristiana party of Italy. She spent five years as an actress in traditional and experimental theatre
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Works of Jayadeva


Jayadeva was an 11th-century Sanskrit poet and lyricist from present-day India. The works of Jayadeva have had a profound influence on Indian culture. They form the basis of the east Indian classical dance form, Odissi, and have strongly influenced the Bharatanatyam classical dance as well as Carnatic music. Jayadeva's composition has also been incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. Jayadeva has had a profound influence on the religious practices of Hinduism. The classic "Tribhangi" (threefold) posture of Krishna playing the flute gained popularity due
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his own natural talents and inclination towards dance and music at an early age. Trained by the Maestro in the art of Odissi and Mardala, Ratikant did not spare any efforts to emerge as a leading male dancer and distinguished choreographer by the time he was in his early twenties. Guru Ratikant Mohapatra is married to Sujata Mohapatra who is a dancer and Odissi exponent. He has a daughter, Preetisha Mohapatra with her. Some major performances staged by Ratikant Mohapatra are: France- Festival of India and International Mime Festival; Germany- Festival of
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explains the Indian art of acting. The Sangeet Natak Akademi currently confers classical status on eight Indian classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kathak (North, West and Central India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Odissi (Odisha), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), and sattriya(Assam). All classical dances of India have roots in Hindu arts and religious practices. The tradition of dance has been codified in the Natyashastra and a performance is considered accomplished if it
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country. Classical and folk dance forms also emerged from Indian traditions, epics and mythology. Classical dance of India has developed a type of dance-drama that is a form of a total theater. The dancer acts out a story almost exclusively through gestures. Most of the classical dances of India enact stories from Hindu mythology. Each form represents the culture and ethos of a particular region or a group of people. The criteria for being considered as classical is the style's adherence to the guidelines laid down in Natyashastra, which
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Oxford Odissi Centre


The Oxford Odissi Centre is a non-sports society of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. The centre aims to promote and educate about Odissi, one of the oldest Indian classical dances. Beside holding regular Odissi dance classes for members of University of Oxford, the centre undertakes numerous activities to promote Odissi and other Indian classical dance at the university. It also conducts Odissi dance workshops at other leading institutions including University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, University College London, King's College London, University of Manchester,
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Oopali Operajita


Oopalee Operajita (also spelt Oopali Operajita), is a Senior Advisor to India's Parliamentary leaders and world leaders on Public Policy and International Affairs, a Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, an Environmental Hero, polymath and a virtuoso classical Odissi and Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer. She was trained intensively by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra in Odissi and by S Meenakshi and B. Ram Gopal (dancer) in Bharatanatyam. She is Chair and Founder of The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition, founded in 2006, which brings new, clean and
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Kuchipudi


Seminar, organized by the national arts organization Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1958, thrust Kuchipudi to the national stage. Some Western dancers joined the Indians in preserving dance. The American dancer Esther Sherman, for example, moved to India in 1930, learnt Indian classical dances, changed her name to Ragini Devi, and joined the movement to save and revive classical Indian dances. Her daughter Indrani Bajpai (Indrani Rahman) learnt and became a celebrated Kuchipudi dancer. The public performances of Kuchipudi by Indrani Rahman and Yamini Krishnamurti outside of Andhra
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Masako Ono


Dance Center, Tokyo. In 1996, Ono joined Nrityagram, the dance village in India started by the noted Odissi dancer, Late Protima Gauri, and won a scholarship for her studies. She initially received training in Odissi from Protima and continued her training from Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy after Protima's death. She also attended classes in Yoga, Kalaripayattu and Mayurbhanj Chhau dance, and participated in workshops held at Nrityagram by Wolfgang Theatre, Paul Taylor 2 Company, The Expressions, Asha Coorlawala and Robert Williams. After five years
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East Zone Cultural Centre


The states of Odisha and West Bengal share a lot cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh and with the state of Assam. Together with Bangladesh, West Bengal forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal, which was also a unified administrative region until 1947. Odissi dance is the oldest survive classical dance, Pattachitra the most influential ancient classical painting, classical Odishian unique ancient architecture Kalinga architecture like Konark, Lingraja, lalitgiri etc. Odia is the only modern Indo-Aryan language accorded the status of a Classical Language in India, and
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Odia culture. Jayadeva's works, they observe, have spread to southern India, but are rare in neighboring Bengal. It has been pointed out that the Gita Govinda's influence outside Odisha is most felt in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where verses of the poet's work have been incorporated into the Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Bharatanatyam classical dance forms respectively. It is Jayadeva's ashtapadis that are sung in dance performances of Odissi, the classical dance of Odisha. Odia bhajans (devotional songs)
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Saswat Joshi


various universities worldwide. He is the only male dancer who performed in front of world wonders Eiffel Tower, Paris, France; and The Collosseum, Rome, Italy. To popularise Odissi as Indian classical dance, he traveled and performed Odissi in many European and Asian countries such as Italy, France, Hungary, Finland, Japan, South Korea, Thailand etc.. He had shared the stage with many international celebrities of dance like Carla Fracci, Luciana Savignano, Giuseppe Picone, Beppe Menegatti, Rossella Brescia and Luciano Mattia Cannito in
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Manmohan Acharya


Manmohan Acharya is a poet and lyricist from India. His Sanskrit poems and lyrics have been put to music and danced to in the Odissi classical Indian dance form. A devotional song from his "Gitamohanam" is featured in the 2009 Bollywood movie, "The Desire". He is also a researcher and published author. Manmohan Acharya was born in 1967 in Lathanga, a village in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India to Pandit Mayadhar Acharya and Parvati Devi. His poetry includes the following works: He has written dance dramas
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a sage from Tamil Nadu (400 BC). The Natya Shastra is the most important ancient treatise on classical Indian dance. It is also called the fifth Veda in reference to the foundation of Hindu religion and philosophy, from which sprang the related South Indian musical tradition of Carnatic music. Its various current forms include Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Manipuri, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Mohiniaattam, Kathak and Sattriya. Bharatanatyam is a classical dance form originating in Tamil Nadu. It is thought to have been created by Bharata Muni. In ancient
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beautifully embellished with figures in various poses of dance and musicians handling a variety of instruments are witness to this integral role in temple life . What also comes to light is the important revelation that the cult of the "Devadasi" or female temple dancers was not only pre-valent to the temples in central and south India, but also existed in Odisha in a highly sophisticated form. The more talented devadasi are selected for training in the secret arts of the temple dance "Odissi" which today has become a highly stylized and
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. Like Hindustani and Carnatic systems, Odissi music is a separate system of Indian classical music and is having all the essential as well as potential ingredients of Indian Classical form. But it has not come to limelight due to apathy from the time of British rule in Odisha, want of its proper study, revival, propagation, etc. Despite the fact, the traditional music form could be saved and maintained in its pristine form. Thanks to the musicians particularly of Jaga Akhadas of Puri district, who could develop and maintain the
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Odissi


Odissi ( "Oḍiśī"), also referred to as Orissi in older literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India. Odissi, in its history, was performed predominantly by women, and expressed religious stories and spiritual ideas, particularly of Vaishnavism (Vishnu as Jagannath). Odissi performances have also expressed ideas of other traditions such as those related to Hindu gods Shiva and Surya, as well as Hindu goddesses (Shaktism). The theoretical foundations
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Deba Prasad Das


notice when the Rahman took her guru along with her for concerts. In 1957, Indrani Rahman presented an Odissi demonstration choreographed by Deba Prasad Das at the Dance Festival and this performance is reported to have assisted Odissi to be taken notice as a classical dance form. Later, in the same year, Rahman made her debut performance of Odissi at a show witnessed by Kapila Vatsyayan, Charles Fabri and others, and this is known to have brought the Deba Das style of Odissi into public notice.'Sabda Swara Pata' is an
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Srinwanti Chakrabarti


Srinwanti had a penchant for dancing; she started dance training under her mother and was inducted into the Odissi dance form when only five. She was first guided and groomed by Smt. Sutapa Talukdar and Smt. Nandini Ghosal. Her talents flourished under the tutelage of Kelucharan Mohapatra who helped her immensely in learning the intricacies of the dance form. Her father was a major inspiration behind her choosing a career in Indian classical dance which is not very usual in India in families with no other professional performing artist. Srinwanti was also interested
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Madhavi Mudgal


Madhavi Mudgal is an Indian classical dancer known for her Odissi dance style. She has won several awards, including the "Sanskriti Award", 1984, President of India's award of Padma Shri, 1990, the "Orissa State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award", 1996, "Grande Medaille de la Ville" by Govt. of France, 1997, Central "Sangeet Natak Akademi Award", 2000, "Delhi State Parishad Samman", 2002 and the title of "Nritya Choodamani" in 2004. Madhavi Mudgal was born
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in great demand. Vermillion box is must in any Oriya marriage, but this tradition dying out. Waist band made from Tarakasi work were used traditionally in the marriage. Oriya marriages are incomplete without Tarakasi anklets and toe rings. The jewelry worn in Odissi, one of the classical dances of India originating from Odisha, are made from Tarakasi work. These ornaments adorn the head, ear, neck, hands, fingers and waist of the dancer. The ornaments include a choker, ‘padaka-tilaka’ (a long necklace
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Mythili Kumar


Mythili Kumar is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She performs the Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, and Odissi styles of Indian classical dance. Founder of Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose and she is a lecturer in dance at University of California, Santa Cruz. As founder and Director of Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose since 1980, she has trained and presented over one hundred dancers in their solo debuts and has collaborated extensively with several multi-cultural organizations. She has also taught classes at San Jose State University and Stanford University
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Gerard da Cunha


offered by the Ministry of Urban Development in 1998–99. Another project that gave him wide recognition is Nrityagram dance village at Bengaluru, designed for famous Odissi dancer Protima Bedi. This center for the study of dance was built using traditional building forms and techniques, with stone and thatch being the primary materials. The whole concept of the 'village' presents a mosaic of texture and colours, earth, bricks, tiles and thatch. Nrityagram received the award for best rural architecture from the Vice- President of India in 1991. He was
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Odia literature


Odia is the only Indo-European language of India other than Sanskrit and the sixth Indian language that has been conferred classical language status and forms the basis of Odissi dance and Odissi music. Historians have divided the history of the Odia language literature into five main stages: Old Odia (800 AD to 1300 AD), Early Medieval Odia (1300 AD to 1500 AD), Medieval Odia (1500 AD to 1700 AD), Late Medieval Odia (1700 AD to 1850 AD) and Modern Odia (1850 AD to present
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Sharon Lowen


Sharon Lowen is an Odissi dancer, trained since 1975 by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has performed and choreographed for film and television and presented hundreds of concerts throughout India, North America, Asia, Africa, the United Kingdom. and the Middle East. Sharon came to India in 1973 after earning degrees in Humanities, Fine Arts, Asian Studies and Dance from the University of Michigan as a Fulbright Scholar to study Manipuri and later Chhau and Odissi. Sharon Lowen grew up in Detroit, United States, where her father was a
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ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu) or "Ardhanari Stotram" (half man, half woman form of the divine). Many regionally performed Abhinaya compositions are based on the Radha-Krishna theme. The Astapadis of the Radha-Krishna love poem "Gita Govinda" written by Jayadeva are usually performed in Odisha, as part of the dance repertoire. The "natya" part, or dance drama, is next in sequence. Usually Hindu mythologies, epics and legendary dramas are chosen as themes. A distinctive part of the Odissi
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Ghungroo


of ghungroos can range from 50 to greater than 200 bells knotted together. A novice child dancer may start with 50 and slowly add more as he or she grows older and advances in his or her technical ability. Ghungroos or salangais are worn in traditional performances of the classical Indian dance forms: Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Lavani and Odissi etc. "Ghunghroo vadan" is a music style evolved by V. Anuradha Singh, a renowned Indian classical kathak exponent. She developed bells as a main musical instrument and performs in many
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Gotipua


Gotipua is a traditional dance form in the state of Odisha, India, and the precursor of Odissi classical dance. It has been performed in Orissa for centuries by young boys, who dress as women to praise Jagannath and Krishna. The dance is executed by a group of boys who perform acrobatic figures inspired by the life of Radha and Krishna. The boys begin to learn the dance at an early age until adolescence, when their androgynous appearance changes. In the Odia language Gotipua, means "single boy" ("goti
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Frédérique Apffel-Marglin


Frédérique Apffel-Marglin is a professor emerita of Anthropology. She taught at Smith College in Massachusetts. Apffel-Marglin finished high school at the Lycée Regnault, Tangier, Morocco. She received both her B.A. (Mediterranean Studies, 1973) and her Ph.D. (Anthropology, 1980) from Brandeis University. She lived in India for several years. She was first a student of Indian Classical Dance (Odissi style) and later did her first field research among the temple dancers of Jagannath Temple in Orissa in the mid-1970s. Her later
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Madhavi Mudgal


; Pina Bausch's Festival, Wuppertal and Berlin Festpiele, Germany; and festivals in Italy, Spain, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan and the Indian subcontinent. She played a leader role is establishing Odissi as one of the major classical dance forms of India through audio-visual presentations, concerts as well as with the organisation of widely appreciated specialised dance festivals in India. Her credibility can be established from the following quote, She thinks that the most memorable day in her life is the moment when Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra accepted
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Anirjukta Pravadha, Divya Manusi Prabandha, Chautisa, Chhanda, Chaupadi (now known as Odissi), Champu, Malasri, Sariman, nVyanjani, Chaturang, Tribhang, Kuduka Geeta, Laxana and Swaramalika are the various sub-forms, which individually or collectively constitute the traditional Odissi music. These sub-forms of the traditional Odissi music, can be categorised under the classical music of Odisha. The East Zone cricket team is a first-class cricket team that represents Eastern India in the Duleep Trophy and Deodhar Trophy. It is
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Black or White


or White", surrounded by various cultures scene-by-scene. The video shows scenes in which African Zulu hunters begin dancing by using moves from Southern African dance, with Jackson following their moves and them mirroring his; as do, in sequence, traditional Thai dancers, Plains Native Americans (located at the Vasquez Rocks formation in California), an Odissi dancer from India and a group of Russians (wearing Ukrainian clothing and dancing Hopak), the last scene of which is contained in a snowglobe two babies (one
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