SUJATA MOHAPATRA In Collaboration With The Spirit Of India in Melbourne on 15th Aug 2016

India’s best-loved Odissi dancer, Sujata Mohapatra, dances to live music that sings of love, secular and divine, based on the Gita Govinda, the love story of Krishna and Radha, in the most sensuous of Indian classical dances. Sujata Mohapatra, a disciple of the great guru Kelucharan, is the most eminent Odissi dancer today.

Odissi (Orissi) is the most ancient and beautiful form of India’s 8 classical dance forms. Its home is the state of Orissa on the east coast. Its themes are love in various manifestations – secular and divine.