SOCIAL PROGRAM
Jointly Organized by
SPIC MACAY |
Indian Institute of TechnologyKanpur |
Twentieth National Conference on Communications (NCC 2014) |
Odissi Dance Exponent : Kavita Dwibedi |
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Born and brought up in the family of the traditional art practioners, Kavita Dwibedi is the daughter and disciple of stalwart Odissi maestro Late Guru Hare Krishna Behera. She is known for her vision and superb abhinaya. She had the privilege of performing in almost all the major dance festivals of India such as Khajuraho, Konark, Mamallapuram, Soorya, Natyanjali, Swaralaya, Natyaveda, Vaddakkunthan, Guruvayur, Puri Beach, Vaishali, Hampi, Srjan Festival, Bharat Muni, DIAF, Pushkar, Nishagandhi, Mohana Festival, to name a few. A widely traveled danseuse she had a successful ICCR sponsored tour during the 50th year of India’s Independence celebrations in Scandinavian countries, UK, USA and Australia. Also she had the opportunity to represent India during the 50 years of Diplomatic Relations between India and Japan. In 2007, she was deputed on behalf of ICCR again to Israel, Croatia, Greece, Jordan and Egypt for the 60th year of India’s Independence Celebrations in the Festival of India. In 2012, she performed in Korea, Japan and Hongkong for the Festival of India on behalf of ICCR. Besides this she had been invited by the French Theatre company to participate in their production as a lone Indian artiste. So far in her twenty five years of career She had performed in more than 42 countries. |
Photo Credit : Aswini Chopra |
She also conducts Lec-Dems on behalf of SPIC MACAY all over in India to promote the awareness of Indian culture and traditions amongst the youth of schools and colleges. An A grade artiste of Doordarshan and Visharad in Odissi Dance from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, she is also the holder of Senior Scholarship and Junior Fellowship from the Govt. of India. Recipient of many awards, she is the Founder Director of her own institution Odissi Akademi, Delhi, where she imparts training in Odissi dance to young aspirants. On behalf of the Akademi she had organised Jayadeva Utsav in the Capital. Recently She had again organised Champu Utsav in Delhi. For her contributions in Odissi Dance, she has been conferred the prestigious Odisha State Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2013.
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