Subject Code: HSXXXXX

Name:     Odissi Dance -6 

L-T-P: 1-0-4

Credit: 3

Pre-Requisite(s): Odissi Dance -5

(A) Theory:

  • Theory of Rasa and Bhava
  • Identification of Odissi dance poses according to temple sculptures, traditional texts and contemporary use.

(B) Practical:

  • Learning one more mangala-charan
  • Learning of Srita Kamala Kucha Mandala from Geet Govinda
  • Learning of an abhinaya to an Odia song from Baladev Rath’s Champu or Upendra Bhanja
  • Small composition done by the students on a particular given rhythm or poetry.

Text / Reference Books:
(A) English Books

  • Tala Lakshanam- by V. Narasimhacharya, 1986 (address: Frazerpet, Raja Ramamohan Roy road, Kakinada-563001)
  • A Dictionary of Bharata Natya- by U.S. Krishna Rao, Orient Longman, Chennai
  • Odissi Dance- by Dhirendranath Patnaik, Sangeet Natak Academi, Bhubaneswar
  • Love song of the Dark Lord- ed. and tr. by Barbara Stoler Miller, Oxford University Press, Chennai
  • Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions as exemplified in the Gitigovinda- by Lee Siegel, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
  • Abhinayadarpanam- English tr.by Manmohan Ghosh, Manisha Grantalaya, Kolkata
  • The mirror of Gesture- by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi
  • Odissi vocal- by Kirtan Narayan Parhi, Rawa Academi, Bhubaneswar
  • The Natya Sastra- translated by a Board of Scholars, Sri Satguru Publications, New Delhi
  • The Odissi Dance Path Finder- by Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
  • The Making of a guru; Kelucharan Mohapatra, his life and times- by Ileana CItaristi, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi
  • Odissi,an Indian Classical Dance Form- by H.P.Mohanty, Arya Books International, New Delhi
  • Guru Debaprasad Das, Icon of Odissi- by Gayatri Chand, (address: 450, nageswari tank, Lewis road) Bhubaneswar

(B) Odia Books

  • Abhinaya Darpanam- Odia tr. by Dhirendranath Patnaik, Padmaja Prakasani, Cuttack
  • Abhinaya Chandrika-ed and tr. By Dhirendranath Patnaik, Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack
  • Mardal Bijnana- by Jagannath Kuanr, Bhadrak
  • Odia Sahityare itihas- by Surendranath Acharya, Sahadev Pradhan Friends Publishers, Cuttack
  • Sangeeta Samgya- by Ramahari Das, Kaishiki Prakashani, Bhubaneswar