Subject Code: HSXXXXX

Name:     Odissi Dance – 4                                                    

L-T-P: 1-0-4

Credit: 3

Pre-Requisite(s):  Odissi Dance – 3 

(A) Theory:

  • History of Odissi dance post-Independence period
  • Life history  of 3 main guru-s, Pankhaj Charan Das, Kelucharan Mohapatra, Dev Prasad Das
  • Life and writings of Vaishnava poets Jayadev, Banamali, Gopala Krishna, Upendra Bhanja

(B) Practical:

  • Learning of one ashtapadi from Geet Govinda
  • Learning of one pallavi (with tala and melody notation)
  • Learning of one abhinaya to an Odia song
  • Learning of short Mokshya (with tala notation)

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