Odissi
Dancer Kavita Dwibedi
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Daughter and disciple of Odissi maestro Guru
Harekrishna Behera, Kavita Dwibedi is one of the leading exponents of Odissi
dance in India today. She is a Post Graduate in Sociology from Delhi University
and holds Visharad (B.A) in Odissi dance from Gandharva Mahavidyalay. A dancer
of vision and versatility, Kavita is known for her superb abhinaya. A widely
travelled danseuse, Kavita had a highly successful Indian Council For Cultural
Relations (ICCR) sponsored performance tour to the U.K., Italy, Sweden,
Finland, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Ireland and Norway during the 50th
anniversary celebrations of India's independence in 1997. The artiste has also
earned wide acclaim for her performances at some of the world’s highly prestigious
platforms in countries like the U.S.A. and Canada and including her
presentation at the UN Headquarters at New York . She has also taken part in
international events in Spain (1991), China (1994), Japan (1994), Kuwait(1995),
Maldives (1995), Kyrgyzstan(1998), Germany (1999) and France (1999).
In her professional career spanning over ten
years, Kavita Dwibedi has also had the privilege of presenting Odissi dance
recitals in almost all the major dance festivals in the country like the
Khajuraho Dance Festival (1996), Konark Music and Dance Festival (1992,1995),
Natyanjali Dance Festival(1997), Soorya Dance Festival (1994,1998),
Mamallapuram Dance Festival (1994-97), Malabar- Mahotsavam (1996), Tansen
Tyagraj Festival (1997), Sidharth Music and Dance Festival (1998) and
Puri-Beach Dance Festival (1996). She had also been invited to participate in
the festival of Odissi dance Nrutya Parva (1998) to mark the 50 years of Odissi
organised by the Sangeet Natak Akademi at Bhubaneswar.
A dancer of deep commitment towards an undiluted
and authentic approach to Odissi, Kavita is credited with a number of new
choreographies based on traditional chhanda music of Orissa like the much
lauded Ritu – Rang (Seasons of Love) and Proshitapatika (Naayika longing for
her beloved Naayak). Her other landmarks in choreography are Saptatala Dhyaan,
Khajuraho Vaibhav and Jugalbandis with Manipuri, Bharatanatyam and Kathak .
She was awarded a Junior Fellowship by the
Department Of Culture, Government of India in 1997. She was also a recepient of
a Government of India Scholarship in the field of Music & Dance from the
Ministry of Human Resource Development for the period 1990-92.A winner of
several awards and medals, Kavita Dwibedi is the founder Director of Odissi
Akademi, Delhi -- an Institution set up by her to promote and propagate Odissi
dance and music.
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