Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Screening of Odissì recital by Kelucharan Mohapatra as part of 'Sanchayan - Screening of archival films & video recordings' at Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road > 4pm on 27th December 2014

Time : 4:00 pm Add to Calendar 27-12-2014 16:00:00 27-12-2014 17:30:00 68 Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Screening of Odissì recital by Kelucharan Mohapatra as part of 'Sanchayan - Screening of archival films & video recordings' Event Page : http://goo.gl/R5JAd5 Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi-110001

Event Description : Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Screening of Odissì recital by Kelucharan Mohapatra.


Kelucharan Mohapatra was among the great makers of dance in our times, an outstanding representative of lndia’s classical dance heritage and the well-known pioneer associated with the recreation of its Orissan "bani". He was born in 1926 in the village of Raghurajpur in Puri district of Orissa in a famin of Patachitrakars. He was groomed as a dancer by Shri Pankaj Charan Das and Shri Dayal Saran. He also mastered various percussion instruments, especially Pakhawaj, learning from Shri Agadhu Moharana, Shri Khetra Mohan Kar, and Shri Harihar Rao. He joined Kala Vikas Kendra, Cuttack, in 1956 and enriching Odissi dance as a guru and choreographer.

A dedicated teacher and prolific creator, Kelucharan Mohapatra trained a large number of dancers over the last four decades. Kelucharan created a number of dance compositions extending the technique and repertoire of the Odissi style. Together with his contemporaries and his teacher Shri Pankaj Charan Das, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra was responsible for establishing Odissi as a vibrant language of Indian Classical dance.

He was associated with the Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, for several years as a guru and later he founded his own institution, Srijan in Bhubaneswar.

He was honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1966), the Padma Shri (1972), the Padrna Bhushan (1988), Kalidas Samman (1989), and the Sangth Natak Akademi Fellowship (1991).

Duration : 84 mins.

Background : Over the past six decades, Sangeet Natak Akademi has built up an archive of audio and video tapes, photographs, slides and films on the performing arts.
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Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Screening of Odissì recital by Kelucharan Mohapatra as part of 'Sanchayan - Screening of archival films & video recordings' at Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road > 4pm on 27th December 2014 Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Screening of Odissì recital by Kelucharan Mohapatra as part of 'Sanchayan - Screening of archival films & video recordings' at Meghdoot Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, 35, Ferozeshah Road > 4pm on 27th December 2014 Reviewed by Delhi Events on Saturday, December 27, 2014 Rating: 5

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