Bhubaneswar: The third day of International Odissi Dance Festival in Bhubaneswar featured performances by young as well as eminent dancers in three sessions on Thursday.
The morning session featured group, duet and solo performances by Sai Smruti Kala Kendra (Group), Shantipriya Swain (Solo), Ishita Roy (Solo), Simon Swain & Anmesha Mishra (Duet), Rajashree Mohapatra (Solo), Neelasha
Das (Solo), Mousumi Sahoo & Prajna Priyadarshani Pani (Duet), Soumya Safalya Priyadarshini (Solo), Rojalin Nayak (Solo) and Nrutyajyoti Dance Academy (Group).
The afternoon session started with solo dance by Sabina Sweta Sen. It was followed by duet performed by Ratikanta Nanda & Deepak Ku Swain and Manoranjan Nayak & Raseswari Nayak and solo performance by Sekhar Suman Majhi and group dance by Srirdha Kalakunja.
The evening programme took off with solo Odissi dance by eminent dancer Madhusmita Mohanty, followed by another solo performance by Rajashri Praharaj. Duet dance was performed by Sarmistha Rani Panda & Nibedita
Maharana. It was followed by Sourav Mohanty (Solo), Aishwariya Singhdev (Solo), Subrata Roy & Rahul Roy (Duet), Chandrika B Mahapatra (Solo), Atrayee Dutta (Solo) and the last presentation was group dance by the students of Tridhara Institute.
The guests on the day included Guru Nimakanta Routray, eminent Odissi vocalist; Guru Kasturi Pattnaik, noted Odissi dancer; Guru Manoranjan Pradhan, Odissi dance guru, Utkal University of Culture and Santosh
Chatterjee, Deputy Director, Odia Language, Literature & Culture Department.
Among others, Subas Pani, former chief secretary; Prof Prasan Kumar Swain, Vice-Chancellor, Utkal University of Culture; Atasi Das, joint secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture; Gajendra Padhi, Principal, BK Art College; Sikata Das, Chief Executive, GKCM Odissi Research Centre and Anuja Tarini Mishra, Administrative Officer, GKCM Odissi Reach Centre attended the programme which was anchored by Mrutyunjay Rath.
