With a view to bringing Odishi dancers from across the country and abroad on a single platform, the Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Research Centre in association with the State Tourism and Culture Department will organise an International Odishi Dance Festival at the Rabindra Mandap here from Saturday.
The festival would also help the dancers assess their performances from different perspectives like style, technique, costume, music and related movements and mudras being used in Odishi dance.
Around 245 dancers and 200 accompanying musicians would participate in the festival. The dance lovers would witness 13 solo dances, three duets and three group dance performances each day.
Besides Odisha, different States of the country and some dancers from other countries like the USA, Japan, Sri lanka, Singapore and Poland would participate in the 10th edition of the festival, which would conclude on December 30.