Chitrakarkhana is committed to documenting and archiving Orissi Dance towards promoting a greater sharing of knowledge and repertoire between gurus and dancers from different styles and gharanas. Write to us at archive[AT]orissi.com
New! Kumkum Lal's archive: She is one of the seniormost students of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, renowned for her langourous grace and deeply interpretative abhinaya. Her style of Orissi has the sensuous and spiritual quality so essential to the Odissi form. The arhive has some rare photographs and also new videos. kumkumlal.orissi.com
Smitalay's women's day special: 3-camera documentation of Smitalay's Odissi dance ballets: Leelavati, Uma and Narmada as performed live on 8th-10th March 2004. Choreographed by Jhelum Paranjape. DVD's available on request: Jhelum Paranjapes archive coming next.
Harmony - celebrating composite culture: On the eve of Independence Day/ on the day marking the violent creation of India and Pakistan, Chitrakarkhana curated a one-off concert. Download videos including Jhelum Paranjape's Oriya Abhinaya with subtitles, Dagar Rudraveena and Neela Bhagwat. http://chitrakarkhana.net/harmony.html
2nd International Odissi Festival, 2003. Video archive. This festival, dedicated to Pankaj Charan Das took place in August 2003 in Washington DC. This extensive archive of the 4-day festival, shot with 2 cameras and edited in post with great detailing has been compiled into a 4-set DVD with over 10 hours of performances. Produced by: ChitraKarkhana.. IPAP www.odissi.us
Day One
Sangeeta Rangala Mangalacharan
Divya Bose Sthayee
Ritha Devi Panchkanya
Jamie Lynn Colley: Yahi Madhava
Urvasi Dance School: Shankarabharnam Pallavi
(featuring Jamie Lynn Colley, Sitara Thobani, Scheherazaad Cooper, Keziah Apuzen)
Sangeeta Kar: Dashavatar, Tarana
Shipra Mehrotra: Pallavi - Jana Samohini
Orissa Dance Academy: Konarak Lasya Leela
Choreography:Pankaj Charan Das
Direction: Aruna Mohanty, asst: Bitchitrananda Swain.
(featuring Aruna Mohanty, Manoranjan Pradhan, Ramesh Jena, Bijay Kumar dash, Yudhistir Nayak, Pabitra Pradhan, Madhusmita Mohanty, Lipsa Dash, Asha Kumari, Sridutta Bhol, Minati Dasgupta, Sanjukta Das, Lingraj Pradhan, Amulya Balabantray, Bijaya Sahoo, Lingaraj Swain.
Arpana (Evolutionary showcase of Odissi)
Mahari Dance:Roopashri Mohapatra
Gotipua Dance: Dushmanta Maharana & Chitrasen Swain
Mangalacharan: Odissi Dance Circle
Sthayee: Rajashri Behera & Sangeeta Dash
Pallavi: Chandrika Kamodi : Orissa Dance Academy/Rudraksha
(choreographed by Bitchitrananda Swain)
Pallavi Kamodi: Aloka Kanungo
Abhinaya- Ashthapadi: Keshimatanamudaram: Aloka Kanungo
Abinaya-Oriya Geet: KedeChhanda: Sujata Mohapatra
Mokshya : Orissa Dance Academy.
Day Two
Mayur Dance Academy: Konark
(Sukanya Mukherjee)
Esha Bandhopadhyay: Haririha Mughdha
Nrityalaya: Vande Mataram
Nrityalaya: Mokshya
Jyoti Rout: Pallavi-Megh, Devi Abhinaya
Triveni School of Dance: Ardhanareshwara
Pallavi Das: Pallavi: Saveri
Orissa Dance Academy/Rudraksha: Tala Madhurya
(Choreographed by Bitchitrananda Swain)
Minati Dasgupta & Manoranjan Pradhan: Pallavi Kirwani
Nandita Behera: Madhurastakam
Anita Babu: Pallavi
Lotus Trinayan Collective: Sthayee Resculpted
Alicia Pascal, Taiis Pascal, Kakoli Mukherjee, Nandini Sikand, Anurima Banerjee, Nalini Singh.
Bani Ray: Kalyan Pallavi
Rajashri Behera: Astha Sambhu
Rajika Puri: Story of Sati
Durga Charan Ranbir: Meena Nayana
Day Three
Ananya Kar: Mangalacharan
Shalini Patnaik: Pallavi- Kirwani
Sarini Mukherji: Oriya Geet- Malimala Shyama Ku Debi
Shrinjini Mukherji: Pallavi- Bilahari
Shyamali Roy Hauth: Abhinaya- Ahalya
Shibani Patnaik: Abhinaya- Madhurastakam
Raka Maitra: Pallavi – Kirwani
Ramesh Chandra Jena & Madhusmita Mohanty: Abhinaya- Haragourastaka
Niharika Mohanty: Oriya Geet- Braja Ku Chora
Sharanya Mukhopadhyay: Haragourastaka
Sangeeta Dash: Oriya Geet- Mohane Deli Chahin Lo…
Manoranjan Pradhan: Nagendra Haraya…
Aruna Mohanty: Abhinaya-Varsavisara
Gangadhar Pradan: MangalaCharan
Sharmilla Biswas: Abhinaya - ShivaParvatiShabda
Madhavi Mudgal: Abhinaya Vasanta
Minati Misra: Ashtapadi - Yami He…
Sujata Mohapatra: Pallavi - Hamsadhwani
Bonus DVD
Inauguration of Festival at Ambassadors House.
Shalini and Shibani Patnaik : Mangalacharan & Shankara Pallavi
Sujata Mohapatra: Ardhanareshwar
Guru Durga Charan Ranbir
Ratna Roy: Yahi Madhav
Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra: Ashtapadi- Kuru Yadu Nandana…
Shyamali Roy Hauth
Orissa Dance Academy: Ballet Glaani Sanghar
Choreography: Pankaj Charan Das.
Direction: Gangadhar Pradhan
(featuring, Manoranjan Pradhan, Ramesh Jena, Bijay Kumar dash, Yudhistir Nayak, Pabitra Pradhan, Madhusmita Mohanty, Lipsa Dash, Asha Kumari, Sridutta Bhol,Lima Bhol, Minati Dasgupta, Sanjukta Das, Lingraj Pradhan, Amulya Balabantray, Bijaya Sahoo, Lingaraj Swain.)
Day 3 bonus
Ratikant Mohapatra w Kelucharan Mohapatra on Mardala:
Hanuman Vandana.
Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra: Asthapadi- Pashyati Disi Disi… His last performance in the US.