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Sandhyadipa Kar

Sandhyadipa Kar is from a family of renown artists of Orissa, India. Her grandfather, Pandit Khetramohan Kar was a noted Tabla-maestro of Puri and her father, Shri Prafulla Kar is a well know music director, singer and lyricist.

Sandhyadipa began her training in Odissi dance in 1982 under the tutelage of Padma Bibhusan Late Guru Shri Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has since performed on numerous occasions in both India and Abroad.

Sandhyadipa has performed both solo and in ballets with well know exponents of Odissi dance like, Padma Shree Late Sanjukta Panigrahi and Padma Bibhusan Late Guru Shri Kelucharan Mohapatra. She was invited by Central Sangeet Natak Academy, India to perform in their Dance Festival in 1996. She has also worked with the renowned Indian Film Director, Shyam Benegal, for his documentary on 50 years of Indian independence.

Sandhyadipa was awarded the title of “Sringar Mani” by Sur Sringar Samsad, Bombay in 1990 for excellence in Odissi Dance.

Sandhyadipa has been teaching Odissi dance for the last 18 years. She has been involved in a number of Odissi workshops with Padmabibhusan Late Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra since 1982. She was a part of Guruji’s dance institute “Srijan”.

Sandhyadipa is currently settled in the United States and in actively involved in performing, promoting and teaching Odissi dance and music.

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Sashikanta Nayak

Sashikanta Nayak is an odissi classical dancer, teacher and choreographer.

He has earned his name in this field of Odissi dance at the age of ten.

At first he started learning dance under the guidence of Guru Purnima Barik and Guru Urmila Sahoo (same style of guru Kelucharan Mohapatra) ,Facial expression classes under Guru Sudhakara Sahu (Guru Deva Prasad Das style), and he has taken regorous training from guru Harekrushana Behera of Balasore in Nrutya Sangeet Kala Mandir.

During his ten years of training in Balasore (native place) he got Nrutya Visharad from AVGM mandal,miraj,mumbai.

Later on 1999 he was selected to take admission in three years advanced intensive house course in Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswer (govt.of.orissa) as a stipandiary student under the guidence of famous odissi dancer Padmashree Guru Kumkum Mohanty and he successfully completed.Thereafter he was selected 2 years more in performing group in Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar.

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Virag Dezso

Contemprorary and modern dance, modern dance and kindergarden teacher.Expert of mime and Physical Theatre. From 2001 she is the member of "1 More Movement Theatre" in Budapest. After learning classical ballet and gimnastics she turned to Movement and Vision Theatre in Lublin. Her most important teachers were Katalin Lőrinc - graham technique, Eva Galik - Jose Limon technique, Julyan Hamilton - improsation, Russel Muliphant - contact dance, Ide van Heiningen - mime. She got "Best Dancer" award of "Inspiration" program in 1998. From 1999 she's the awardee of "eastern european performing artists" MAPA Scholarship Found. She made her postgraduation in Amsterdam, MAPA - Moving Academy for Performing Arts and become their teacher. Her groups name is "Movement-Theatre", based in Hungary, Debrecen.