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FESTIVAL COMMITTEE:ODISSI INTERNATIONAL-2010

ODISSI INTERNATIONAL-2010
(an annual union  of the global odissi family in the land of odissi)
December 18-22
Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyala Auditorium
Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

Greetings from the Land of Odissi.

Welcome to Odissi International-2010.
Odissi International is not merely a dance festival.
It is an initiative to unite the ever growing global Odissi community in the land of Odissi once every year.

The five-day meet would include performances (solo, duet and group presentations), seminars, workshops, screening of films and documentaries on Odissi, exhibition of books, brochures, photographs, journals and CDs on Odissi; visit to temples, museums and dance institutions. The festival venue would also have stalls showcasing Odissi costumes, jewellery and publications on dance.

FESTIVAL COMMITTEE
Chairperson: Guru Ramahari Das
Former Chief Executive, Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
Vice-Chairperson: Kedar Mishra, Scholar & Critic
President, Orissa Samskruti Academy
Convener & Director: Shyamhari Chakra, Journalist & Arts Critic
MEMBERS:
Sarat Behera (Doordarshan, Bhubaneswar.
Sarat Paikray (Sr.Journalist, ETV, Bhubaneswar),
Dhrutikam Mohanty (Bureau Chief, The Sunday Indian, Orissa)
Patitapaban Sahu, Journalist (Cultural Affairs), Dharitri
Tarakant Parida (Director, Orissa Modern Art Gallery)
Arakshita Dash (Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Dash Foundation)
Jagabandhu Jena (Secretary, Devdasi Nrutya Mandir).
Manoj Dash (Kaala, Bhubaneswar).
Debi Prasad Mishra (Srjan, Bhubaneswar),
Pramod Kumar Rout (Orissa Dance Academy)
Lingaraj Pradhan (Rudrakshya Odissi Foundation.
Ranjana Dave (Delhi)
Madhulita Mohapatra (Bengaluru)
Priya Singh (Mumbai)
Manasi Pandya (Baroda)
Rajnita Banarjee,(Kolkata)

PATRONS:
Shri Akshay Kumar Parija (Muscat), Ms.Poly Patnaik (Bhubaneswar), Shri Khirod Patnaik (Bhubaneswar

ADVISORS:
Guru Aruna Mohanty, Guru Ratikant Mohapatra, Guru Gajendra Panda,
Guru Sujata Mohapatra, Ms.Mrinalini Padhi (advocate, social activist & filmmaker), Ms.Sangita Gosain (musician)


PARTICIPATION CONFIRMED
(Till December 1)

BANGLADESH
Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts, Dhaka
Farhana Chowdhury
Sayeeda Shamsiara
Silvia Afrin - Faria
Hena Hossain
Refaya Zaman Priya
Tamanna Tabassum
Sabrin Afroz Reya
Md. Jashim Uddin
Md. Amit Hossain

BELGIUM
Katalin Nemeth

FRANCE
Chloe Romero

GERMANY
Rie Kohrs

HUNGARY
Adrien Meszaros
Sundari Dance Group

ITALY
Sanatani Rombola

JAPAN
Kazuko Yasunobu
Yuko Yanagisawai
Akane Hakamada
Harumi Yoshimori
Sumika Kanazawa
Yuko Ishizuka
Eiko Shinohara
Yumiko Chatani

KOREA
Beena Keum

MALAYASIA
Nritta Ganeshi Manoharan
Daisinga Rani

RUSSIA
Taissia Shpulnikova

SINGAPORE
Raka Maitra, Director, Chowk-Centre for Odissi
Megha Srinivasan
Meera Gurumurthy
Reeti Rajguru
Gayathri Gopal

UK
Khavita Kaur, London

USA
Jyoti Rout
Amanda Geroy
Shibani Patnaik
Ishani Behera
Neha Nayak
Nilanjana Roy
Alisha Chakravorthy
Nayantara Nanda Kumar
Douglas Rdings
Shraddha Suman (Moglie)
Melissa Sproul, Guru: Late S.N.Jena
Urmila Chatterjee, USA
Anurima Banarjee

CANADA
Menaka Thakkar
Neena Jayarajan



INDIA
Andhra Pradesh
Sonali Acharyee, Hyderabad
Delhi
Guru Surendra Nath Jena School of Odissi
Jyoti Srivastava, New Delhi
Kasturi Patnaik, Sankalp
Reela Hota
Swati Sarma
Supriya Nayak, Guru: Kiran Segal
Moumita Ghosh, Guru: Madhavi Mudgal
Karnarnataka
Bangalore
Sarita Mishra
Madhulita Mohapatra
Mysore
Sindhu Kiran

Orissa
Minati Mishra
Aruna Mohanty
Ileana Citaristi
Sujata Mohapatra
Gajendra Panda
Naba Kishore Mishra
Sujata Mishra
Meera Das
Pranati Mohanty, Angul
Itishree Dwibedy, Bhubaneswar
Gayatri Chand, Bhubaneswar
Madhusmita Mohanty, ODA
Rosalin Nayak, ODA
Suhag Nalini Das
Dibyashri Panda, Suravi
Debasis Patnaik, Rourkela
Saswat Joshi, Guru: Ileana Citaristi, Art Vision, Bhubaneswar
Gayatri Ranbir, Guru: D.C.Ranbir
Aurosmita Acharya, Suravi
Rajashri Praharaj, Srjan
Bijan Palai, ODA
Gitanjali Acharya, Guru:Sujata Mohapatra
Lingaraj Pradhan, Rudrakshya Odissi Foundation
Manosmita Panda, Srjan
Sonali Mohapatra Nanda, Guru. D.C.Ranbir
Sudeshna Jena, Guru Subas Swain
Sanjukta Dutta, Rudrakshya
Rashmi Ranjan Barik, Rudrakshya
Lipsa Dash, Guru: Sujata Mishra
Rashmi Raj, Nrityagram
Manasi Tripathy, Nrityagram
Shyama Mohanty, Rudrakshya
Nimisha Sahoo
Pabitra Kumar Pradhan, ODA
Sridutta Bhol, ODA
Pooja Jena, ODA
Subhalaxmi Padhi, UDRA
Preetisha Mohapatra, Srjan
Gunjan Dance Acacdemy
Suravi, Bhubaneswar
Madhya Pradesh
Chhandak Kala Academy, Indore
Susumna Billore
Anurit Patwardhan
Aditi Mehta
Divya Bharati
Niharika Singh
Maharashtra
Leesa Mohanty, Mumbai
Namrata Gupta, Mumbai
Priya Singh, Mumbai
Srishti Upasana Sahoo, Mumbai
Aditi Mitra, Mumbai
Shraoshee Majumdar, Mumbai
Aditi Anil Mirvankar, Mumbai
Angira Chakrabarty-Dasgupta
Puducherry
Sangeeta Dash
West Bengal
Kolkata
Monalisa Ghosh
Kaustavi Sarkar
Rajnita Banarjee
Shayomita Dasgupta
Pompy Paul
Mahasweta Mazumdar
Poushali Mukherjee & troupe
WORKSHOP:
YOGA THERAPY FOR ODISSI DANCERS
By Cain and Revital Caroll, USA
FILM SCREENINGS ON :
SAKHI PILA (BOY ODISSI DANCER) (2005) INDIA

Director:Santosh Gour Duration:20 MINS
Synopsis:The film is about SAKHI PILA i.e. boy temple dancers, which also traces the origin of Odissi dance through "Goti Pua" practice in ancient Orissa


ANCHORS:
AMANDA GEROY, AUROSMITA ACHARYA, DEBASHREE PATNAIK,
LIPSA DASH, KAUSTAVI SARKAR, NALINI NANDAKUMAR, GEETA RAO, SHIBANGI MOHAPATRA, BHADRA CHOUDHURY

MEDIA COORDINATOR:
RANJANA DAVE

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT/PATRONAGE
Kalpana Dance Theatre, Kuala Lumpur
Jyoti Kala Mandir, USA
Orissa Dance Academy, Bhubaneswar
Srjan, Bhubaneswar
Gunjan Dance Academy, Cuttack
Tridhara, Bhubaneswar
Bansi Bilas, Bhubaneswar
Rudrakshya Odissi Foundation, Bhubaneswar
Abhinaya Dance Academy, Guwahati, Assam
Orissa Society for Performing Arts, Bhubaneswar
Orissa Samskruti Academy
Devdasi Nrutya Mandir, Bhubaneswar
Orissa Modern Art Gallery, Bhubaneswar

FESTIVAL HOSTED BY: SAMSKRITIKI

For further queries/communication, please mail to:
Cell. 94371-08815 (Shyamhari Chakra)

About Sansthan

SAMSKRITIKI – An introduction
In 1989, a few friends in Odisha’s small town of Kendujhar – in their late 20’s then - thought of forming a forum that would intellectually enrich them through an inter-disciplinary approach to knowledge. They named the forum as Renaissance Universe and continued to host monthly seminars on a wide range of topics that ranged from science to philosophy and language to technology.
Three years later, the forum was rechristened as Samskritiki on Utkal Divas, the Foundation Day of Odisha State, and subsequently it was registered as a Society with the Government of Odisha. The seminars apart, Samskritiki continues to host an annual state-level art festival – Kendujhar Kala Utsav – at Kendujhar that features events of visual art, performing arts and literature. It also runs a public library in the town besides promoting and supporting smaller libraries and cultural organizations in the district. It has established a Sunday Art School that is affiliated to Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi and a Crafts Development Centre that has received support from the Development Commissioner of Handicrafts under Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.
After operating for 15 years as a district-level cultural society, Samskritiki extended its activities to the state-level and shifted its base to Bhubaneswar in 2005. Development of a resource and documentation centre on Orissa’s culture in the Capital City has been its primary activity over the past five years. It has also set up an exclusive library on art and culture at the Orissa Modern Art Gallery in Bhubanerswar since 2007. Dissemination of a daily e-bulletin (samskritiki@googlegroups.com) containing news and information on culture has been another major activity of Samskritiki since August 2007. Through the bulletin, we are reaching out to scores of individuals and institutions across the globe and developing a linkage among them all.  
Samskritiki was instrumental in setting up of the Odisha Samskruti Academy
(Orissa Culture Academy) - its sister institution - in Bhubaneswar since 2008. The Academy, headed by young scholar-journalist Kedar Mishra, hosts the annual Udayaraga poetry festival, aalap (a dialogue with the distinguished) and aasara (concerts) at regular intervals.
Samskritiki’s creative papier machie craft developed by Arun Kumar Ojha of Keonjhar, a key-member of the Samskritiki family, has put Odisha prominently in the crafts map of India after Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir, the two states which were earlier known for their paier machie craft.  

Odissi International would the first major cultural event that Samskritiki would host in December in Bhubaneswar with nearly 200 dancers coming from 12 countries. 

Samskritiki is not merely an institution. It is a campaign for culture that seeks your support and intimate involvement.   
Shyamhari Chakra
Founder-Secretary
SAMSKRITIKI     

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