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Boutique studio | International dancer | Following my heart |Dancing around the world | Retreats | Masterclasses | Talks | Performances | ICCR scholar | CID member After a ballet period of ten years she came in contact with odissi. Her teacher, guru Aasha Rambaren, saw a great talent in Namita and advised her to further immerse herself into odissi in India. In 1997, Namita received a scholarship from the Indian Councel for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and the NUFFIC (Netherlands Organization for Internationalization in Education) to study dance in New Delhi at the Guru Mayadhar Raut School of Odissi under the famous guru Mayadhar Raut himself and his daughter Madhumita Raut. Guru Mayadhar Raut is one of the five founders of odissi who
revived odissi after the alien dominations of the past century. In December 2016 Namita was the first Dutch odissi dancer to represent the Netherlands in India during the Odissi International Dance Festival 2016 in Bhubaneshwar in Odisha. Her gurus Monalisa Ghosh, Aasha Rambaran and her relatives joined her on this special occasion. In 2021 Namita had been invited as a speaker at the first CID Teleconference. Since 2021 Namita is a member of CID, the highest body for dance; the United Nations of Dance, as CID is usually called. About Odissi Dance
Odissi is one of the famous classical Indian dances from the state Orissa in the east of India. The history of Odissi dance is almost two thousand years old. Odissi is a highly inspired, passionate and ecstatic form of dance. Like most of the South Indian classical dances of India Odissi too had its origin in the Devadasi tradition. The state of Orissa has a great cultural history. The rulers of this region built magnificent temples. It was around these temples that Odissi was born. Odissi Dance in the present
In its present form Odissi is a well established and codified classical dance form of India. Odissi is considered a dance of love, joy and intense passion, pure, divine and human. Over a period of time three schools of Odissi dance developed, they are- Mahari, Nartaki, and Gotipau. The Mahari system traces its roots in the Devadasi tradition. The dance form of Odissi that developed in royal courts is called the Nartaki tradition. In the Gotipau tradition of Odissi dance young boys dress up in female attires and enact female roles. The popularization of Odissi
With India gaining independence there began great efforts to revive the classical Indian dances. The government came to realize the role of cultural heritage in creating a national identity. A number of people and experts took initiatives for the reconstruction and popularization of Odissi dance. Some of the notable are Guru Deba Prasad Das, Guru Mayadhar Raut, Guru Pankaj Charan Das, Guru Mahadev Rout, Guru Raghu Dutta and Guru Kelu Charan Mahapatra. The components of Odissi Dance
One of the most distinguishing features of Odissi dance is the Tribhangi. The notion of Tribhang divides the body into three parts, head, bust and torso. The postures dealing with these three elements are called Tribhangi. This concept has created the very characteristic poses which are more twisted than found in other classical Indian dances. Mudra is also an important component of Odissi dance. The term Mudra means "stamp" and is a hand position which suggests things. Odissi themes are almost religious in nature and mostly revolve around Krishna. For more information, visit our website www.odissi.nl.
