Three youths from Puri district are all set to represent India in Street Dance World Cup 2017 scheduled to be held in August in Korea.
The participants are Rajendra Mishra’s son Adarsh Mishra of Duttatota, Trinath Sahoo’s son Asutosh Sahoo of Narendrakon and Pabitra Mohanty’s son Bishnu Charan Mohanty of Bali Nolia sahi in the pilgrim town.
After earning praise in the national event held in New Delhi in July, the three have been selected in the four-member team to participate in the upcoming dance competition.
As the competition will be held under four categories – Hip Hop, Bboy, locking and Popping, the Odia guys, who have formed Android Crew dance group, are practising to make tadka (Tempering) of Odishi, one of the popular classical dances of Odisha in Hip Hop category.
They hope that the Odishi tadka in Hip Hop category will fetch success for them in the Street Dance World Cup event, which will witness the participants from 23 countries in Korea.
The dance group without mentor is now eying to clinch award in the competition.