International Odissi Festival 2011: Madhusmita Mohanty and Ramesh Chandra Jena perform Kisalaya shayana
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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.
Madhusmita Mohanty began her journey in Odissi at the age of six. She is a senior teacher and assistant director of Orissa Dance Academy. She has performed at the Orissa Society of Americas Convention, USA and has also been to Germany, Italy, Croatia, England and other European countries. Madhusmita is a recipient of Senior National Scholarship, the Singarmani title from Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai , Deba Prasad Dash Memorial Fellowship 1997-98 and an empanelled artiste of ICCR. Ramesh Chandra Jena is a senior faculty member of Orissa Dance Academy. He is a recipient of the senior national scholarship for Odissi. He was a visiting lecturer at Auroville and the Centre for World Music in San Diego. He is an empanelled artist of the ICCR and is interested in stage design and lighting.
They perform an ashtapadi from the Gita Govinda.
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