Director: Kelucharan Mohapatra
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Summary: The 4th International Odissi Dance Festival in 2011 was held from December 23 to 30, 2011, at Rabindra Mandap Bhubaneswar. The festival was preceded by an attempt to create a world record by having around 550 dancers perform together at Kalinga Stadium. It saw the participation of most major Odissi ensembles in Orissa and a few from outside the state. With performances for over twelve hours each day, the festival featured several hundred performers in solo, duet and group works over eight days. In its scale, the festival offered a bird's eye view of the landscape of contemporary Odissi and its ever-changing nature. It foregrounded new trends in choreography, music and costuming. The seminars during the festival sparked lively debates on issues and concerns in Odissi. One such concern, voiced repeatedly, questioned the definition of tradition within the space of the dance form and the limits it could be stretched to. This raised parallel questions about innovation and experimentation in Odissi - a debate that found itself mirrored in the performances during the festival.
Manosmita Panda trained at Srjan under the able tutelage of Guru Ratikant Mohapatra. Initiated into dance at an early age, Manosmita has been pursuing a professional career as a performer since last several years. She has attended the summer workshops conducted by Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and also performed extensively inside and outside the state in many prestigious dance and music festivals, being part of the Srjan’s repertory group and also traveled to Srilanka and Taiwan last year. She has obtained her B.Mus degree from Utkal University of Culture and successfully completed “Nrutya Shastri Purna” from Orissa Sangeet Natak Academy.
Here she is seen performing Jugmadwanda Pallavi, set to Raga Bageshree.
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