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Even in her childhood the young
Srinwanti had a penchant for dancing and she was inducted into the
Odissi dance form at the tender age of five.
Srinwanti has been pursuing the
Gharana of Guru
Kelucharan Mohapatra
for
many years.
Srinwanti finds life in the rhythm of Odissi and she has dedicated
herself to the arduous practice of this classical genre.
Srinwanti has acquired a high level of expertise in her
teens.
She
has proved her excellence and earned reputation as a
dance performer ,
innovative choreographer and dance educator both in
India and abroad.
Presently she is
pursuing Dance Therapy to extend dance for therapeutic
services. She has also shown her mettle in research
work, in the paper which she has written called
“Hindu Temple
Women (Devdasi)
-
The Divine Prostitution”
She is the founder
and artistic director of the institute
“SRIJATI–
a centre for art and culture”.
Her devotion ,
dedication and determination to Odissi is evident in the
number of prestigious performances she has given all
over India and in abroad, in the countries of
United
States of America , Canada
,
England and Italy.
Srinwanti
also has a strong academic career . A convent educated
student , Srinwanti has completed her graduation in
Sociology from the Presidency college Kolkata and her
post graduation in the same subject from the University
of Calcutta . At present she is pursuing some research
works and experimental choreographies.
Srinwanti
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the dance educator
She gives
training in Odissi dance in different prestigious
cultural institutions in Kolkata. She has also conducted
several dance workshops and demonstrations both
nationally and internationally. Besides this, in her
institute
“SRIJATI – a centre for art and culture”,
she conducts regular dance classes and gives training in
Odissi dance and movements in its many branches. She has
conducted several dance workshops, regular dance classes
and lecture demonstrations throughout England in 2006,
2007 and 2008 in different educational schools,
colleges, arts centre, dance schools and institutes.
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