Masako Ono from Japan who presented Odissi dance in front of Indian PM Narendra Modi and Abe Shinzo in Varanasi has been staying in India for more than 20 years now. She says: Last night in Varanasi, I had the pleasure…
Hear what Santacruz CA USA dancers have to say about Odissi Dance : Just wow
Hear what Santacruz CA USA dancers have to say about Odissi Dance : Just wow Did you know Odisha is first in India to host Asian Surf Championship Like Us in Facebook to get more content like this Follow…
How Odissi and Chhau Dance forms made Ileana settled down in Odisha
Ileana Citaristi has tears in her eyes, just after her short performance at the Perur temple. The experience of dancing inside a temple was overwhelming for the Italian dancer and her disciples, who have come all the way from Bhubaneswar…
IIT Bhubaneswar first IIT in India to introduce dance as BTech subject
IIT Bhubaneswar has introduced Odissi Dance as BTech Subject becoming the first IIT in country to introduce any dance form in its curriculum. The classical dance would be one of the ‘breadth’ course of maximum 12 credits during the four…
A tribute to legend Suramani Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Gunjan Sandhya – An evening to showcase choreography of Smt Meera Das
Dear Elders, well-wishers and friends of Gunjan Dance Its our proud privilege to invite you all to GUNJAN SANDHYA, an exclusive festival to showcase the best choreography and compositions of our mentor Smt. Meera Das in collaboration with ICCR on…
A Malaysian takes his love for Odissi across the world – Ramli Ibrahim
The distance of the sea between India and Malaysia has not come in the way of Ramli Ibrahim’s love for Odissi. In fact, he is responsible for spreading the dance form in his country and been feted with several top…
Learn some tit bits on Odissi music, watch this video
Odisha: Where magic of saris is still alive – A nice blog by Alka Raghuvanshi
Even on the streets, women wear traditional woven outfits It has been my erroneous presumption that the average Indian woman knows very little about saris. How else does one explain the mosquito nets that they wear in the name of…
Video of 555 Odissi Dancers peforming in Bhubaneswar to set Guiness World Record
The biggest congregation of Odissi dancers – 555 to be precise – from across India and abroad matched steps to perform the complete five-phase repertoire of classical Odissi for 30 minutes, a feat which ensured a place in Guinness Book…