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Traditional Arts Development Program Round 2 (2003) Traditional Arts Development Program Participants Central California Alliance for the Preservation of Mariachi Congregacion de Danzas Azteca de EECU (Congré) Diamano Coura West African Dance Company The Ink People Center for the Arts Japanese Traditional Arts Organization Kampuchean Buddhist Association Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center (LCMAC) Hideko Nakajima, Japanese Shamisen Musician North Columbia Schoolhouse Cultural Center |
Pallavi Dance Group—Oakland
Guru Manoranjan Pradhan and his wife Minati Dasgupta Photo courtesy of Manoranjan Pradhan Funding from ACTA 's Traditional Arts Development Program will support Odissi workshops and performances organized by Asako Takami and the Pallavi Dance Group and will feature Guru Manoranjan Pradhan and his wife Minati Dasgupta from India. Manoranjan Pradhan who holds a masters degree in Odissi from Utkal University and has studied with famous Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra will conduct workshops on the dance form in the Bay Area in November 2003. The workshops and subsequent performances will provide inspiration and learning opportunities for the dance community and for the local Indian-American community. Odissi dance comes from Orissa, a state on the Eastern coast of India. Originally performed in temples, Odissi has evolved into a sophisticated stage-based performing art. Odissi is characterized by soft, liquid upper body movement, strong footwork, and sculpturesque poses evocative of the carvings on Orissan temples. Asako Takami, born in Nigata, Japan, studied Odissi dance for more than seventeen years with Smt. Kumkum Lal and Padmavibhushan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra in India and Japan. Takami has taught and performed extensively throughout Japan and the U.S. and is the founder of the Pallavi Dance Group in the San Francisco Bay Area. View photos from the workshops taught by Guru Manoranjan Pradhan Contact Information: Pallavi Dance Group Email: info@pallavidance.org
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