A little bit of dancing in my life...

​I am also a soloist, having presented at the Every Friday Evening Cultural Programme (ICCR), Parampara Festival, Odissi International, Tarang Festival, and Pravaha Dance Festival, and have performed at Bangkok, Japan, and Germany. A fleeting foray into understanding Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore's work came in the form of an opportunity to play the role of Prakriti in Chandalika. I completed my Master's in Odissi Dance under my Guru, Shri Ratikant Mohapatra, from Sri Sri University, Cuttack, with a dissertation that explored the choreographic processes of leading present-day Odissi gurus.        

The gist of this monologue is that I unabashedly and unapologetically love dancing. So much so that I am reexploring Classical Ballet as an adult at the Lewis Foundation of Classical Ballet, after training as a teenager for about a year and a half. I attend BarreFit sessions conducted by Ms. Yana Lewis, the Artistic Director of TLFCB and classes in Iyengar Yoga at The Practice Room, under the aegis of Ms. Jaya Chakraborty. I thank all my Gurus and teachers for their constant support in my journey in perfoming arts. I continue to learn Odissi from Guru Ratikant Mohapatra and Smt. Rajashri Praharaj, to whom I am forever grateful for making me a part of the Srjan family. I also extend my thanks to Ms. Ritu Sengupta (my senior at Srjan and a fantastic instructor) and other members of Srjan, and my seniors at Sri Sri University, Ms. Deepa Srivathsan and Ms. Chinmayee Dwaraknath, and my classmates for their constant encouragement and support.