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Story behind evolution of Odssi. 1 page atleast ​

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Dance is creating a sculpture that is only visible for a moment.

– Erol Ozan

Guru Pankaj Charan Das, the Guru of all Gurus along with Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Guru Deb Prasad Das and Guru Mayadhar Raut did extensive research. They studied the Gotipuas and Maharis dance traditions, the temple sculptures of Orissa and ancient treatises like Natya Shastra, Abhinaya Darpana, Abhinaya Chandrika and Natya Manorma in order to revive this dance tradition. Today Odissi is once more at the forefront of a vibrant Indian cultural scene with performers and teachers working extensively to promote it at an international level.

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In their efforts to re-construct Odissi, the Revivalist Gurus were deeply inspired by the beautiful sculptures in the temple walls of Odisha. Odissi gives the illusion of a Sculpture In Motion. This dance is characterized by the square stance, Chowka, denoting Lord Jagannath, the main deity of Odissi and the S shaped, Tribhangi, three bends of the body at the head, torso and knees.

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Odissi is a dance form from the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is recognised as one of the eight classical dance forms of India, and celebrated around the world for its lyricism, sensuality and emphasis on bhakti bhava (attitude of devotion and surrender). Odissi gained visibility in India and internationally from the 1950s onwards when it began to be presented on theatre stages. Since then, Odissi dancers and writers have claimed that it is the oldest of India's classical dance forms, which was earlier performed in the temples of Odisha. These claims are based on a range of architectural and textual evidence, and living ritual traditions. Based on an examination of established and newer scholarship, it may be noted that multiple historical roots, including the artistic and performance traditions of pre-modern Odisha, and the work of artists in post-Independence India, have informed the formation of Odissi as a 'classical' dance form from the mid-twentieth century onwards.

Located on the eastern coast of India, on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, Odisha is bound by land on its other sides. The town of Puri lies at the south-eastern edge of the coast, and approximately 60 kilometres north of it lies Bhubaneswar, established as the state capital in 1948­–49. Adjacent to Puri is another coastal town, Konark, famous for its Sun Temple. Odisha’s old capital and second-largest city, Cuttack, lies 25 kilometres north of Bhubaneswar. Geographically, the towns of Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Konark in eastern Odisha are at the nucleus of the story of Odissi, although a number of performance and ritual traditions that have informed the movements, music and repertoire of the dance exist outside this coastal core.