Odissi classical dance is considered one of the most sensual forms and mostly depicts the songs from Gita Govinda. The form, is inspired by the Gotipua dance from Odisha. The credit for popularising ...

Renowned Bangladeshi dance school Nritya Nandan recently organised a three-day long Odishi dance workshop at the Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct at The Daily Star Centre in Dhaka. Kolkata-based Odishi ...

One of the most significant contributions of Odisha to Indian culture and classical dance is Odissi. Witnessing it being performed against a backdrop of ancient temples is to witness beauty and poetry ...

The colours are diffused, the shots are blurred, and the rumble of a train often punctuates the two-hour recording. Yet what the home video captures is priceless – a filmed document of the early days ...

Chhau originated as an all-male tradition, Gotipua limited to pre-pubescent boys dressed as female, and the Odissi in the temple tradition was performed by women dedicated to spiritual service. The ...

Odissi is one of the famous classical Indian dances from Orissa state. Odissi is a highly inspired, passionate, ecstatic and sensuous form of dance. Like most of the South Indian classical dances of ...

As part of the ongoing initiatives for winning the elusive classical tag for Odishi music, city-based Sanskruttim cultural organisation headed by well-known Odishi dance exponent Kasturi Pattanaik ...

Odissi dance, like the other classical genres of India, gives great importance to the costume, ornamentation and makeup used in the performance. The classical texts refer to four essential forms of ...