(a GOD of odISSI)
* "Odissi is not a mere dance form to entertain people but to inspire and elevate. I don't actually dance but pray in compassion and the spectators say that this `form' is dancing."
* "The real dance must convey the feeling of undivided existence, that a spectator can feel that he is not different from the thing observed".
* To see one of his remarkable performances:
(download and watch!)
(GITA GOVINDA)
http://www.4shared.com/folder/WA-VMoUO/Indian_dance_Kelucharan_Mahapa.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjukta_Panigrahi
*Also See:
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghunath_Panigrahi
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