Ratikant Mohaptra and his college students may also carry out at Kala-dhi
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Odissi classical dance is taken into account some of the sensual varieties and largely depicts the songs from Gita Govinda. The shape, is impressed by the Gotipua dance from Odisha. The credit score for popularising the dance type goes to legendary dancer-teacher, the late Kelucharan Mohapatra, who created a lot of the Odissi choreographies which are carried out throughout the globe at the moment.
Bengaluru- primarily based dancer, Sonalika Padhi Purohit, needs to current that legacy of Kelu Babu (as he was affectionately recognized) by way of her dance competition, Kala-dhi. That is the second version of the competition and can be staged on April 26 and 27.
The occasion will characteristic senior Odissi dancers together with Sikata Das, Pranati Mohanty and Ratikanth Mohapatra and his dance ensemble, Srjan on the primary day with Sonalika’s college students from her dance faculty, Ekaagra Svarasa Academy, Bengaluru acting on the second day.
The intention, explains Sonalika over a name from her dance faculty in Whitefield, is to showcase the normal type of Odissi. “That’s the reason we’ve got senior dancers who’re direct college students of Kelucharan Mohapatra. I consider because the dance is taught from one technology to a different, there could also be an inclination for the purity of the unique type to be diluted. We need to retain the purity as we develop with the present technology of dancers.”
Dancer Sikata Das
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Ratikanth, who’s Kelu Babu’s son, is within the evolution of Odissi, Sonalika says. “That is the place new actions are created with up to date themes and concepts conserving in thoughts the normal construction and type of Odissi. He’ll current a standard dance piece choreographed by his father, whereas his college students will current an evolution later within the night.”
Sonalika began studying Odissi as a toddler and has received the Aekalavya Award, Nrita Ratna Award with titles equivalent to Odissi Pratibha, Nritya Suvarna Shree and Nritya Shiromani. She began her coaching below Rabindra Swain and Sundar Lal Patel and presently pursues her dance research below the steering of Sikata Das and Pranati Mohanty.
Although having a masters in Biotechnology, 41-year-old Sonalika gave up her job as a scientist in Lucknow, to pursue Odissi. She even based Ekaagra Svarasa Academy in Whitefield in 2017, and is presently compiling Odissi textbooks in English. Within the decade that she has lived in Bengaluru, she has been actively concerned in instructing Odissi to the scholars from the Siddapura Authorities Faculty.
Sonalika Padhi Purohit
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“We deal with instructing not simply dance, but additionally the historic and theoretical features of Odissi,” says the dancer, who has over 100 college students coaching below her. The present, Sonalika says, is open to all. “We need to promote Odissi and herald as many college students to study this dance type and protect its authenticity and wonder for generations to come back.”
Kala-dhi can be staged on April 26 and 27, 5.30pm onwards at ADA Rangamandira, JC Highway. The occasion is open to all.
