Sudha, a State-level cultural body, organised workshops and performance-cum-demonstrations along with theoretical training on Odishi dance in 50 schools on Sunday.
The drive was undertaken to promote India’s natural and cultural heritage among students and maintain national integration and communal harmony among them, said Sudha chairman Sanjaya Kumara Mishra.
Eminent artists who performed included Subhashree Jayasingh, laxmi Priya Sahoo, Itishree Jenamani, Prativa Das, Priyanka Priyadarshani Das, Mita Barik, Ronali Giri and Somyarani Behera. They performed various items of the Odishi dance including Managlacharna, Batunrya or Sthayi Nata, Pallavi, Abhinaya and Moksha.