Odissi is known for its soft and graceful style. It is a very sculpturesque enhanced dance form where the focus is on the dancer’s bhangis (body bending through the movement of the torso) along with the pada vedas (feet positions), and mudras (hand movements) to accompany it.Many of the dance poses in Odissi are influenced […]
Not until recently, was the Odissi dance style created and organized into a dance repertoire. Its roots came from the Mahari Dance, the first traditional dance style of Odisha. The Mahari Dance was a ritualistic temple dance form performed by chaste women in front of Lord Jagannath in the ancient Puri Temples. This dance form […]
Exercise is a very critical part of the Odissi dance training. We will go over the first three exercises a dancer must know in order to properly train/condition his/her body. For best results, practice once every day for body warm-up.