An Odishi Dance Centre would be opened on January 16 next at the Oxford University in the United Kingdom to help Odishi dance gain global recognition. It is an initiative of Baisali Mohanty, a Master’s Degree student in International Studies at the university.
The centre would hold regular Odishi dance classes for university members. Classes and Odishi workshops at other renowned institutions like the Cambridge University, the london School of Economics, the University College london (UCl), the King’s College london (KCl), the University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh would be conducted by the centre’s founder-director Baisali Mohanty.
Mohanty is recognised as one of the most promising young dancers of India. She has been trained by renowned Odishi dancer Padmashree Guru Gangadhar Pradhan and has received advance training in choreography from Padmashree Guru Ileana Citaristi.
Baisali is born in Puri and educated at the BSHS and the KIIT International School in the State.