Dancing away the blues

A choreographer, performer and a dance teacher. in addition to these roles, Odissi exponent Mahika Sampat is now taking online workshops on Odissi in a bid to popularise the dance form. Through the eight-day (45 minutes per day) workshop, Sampat throws light on the history and evolution of this dance form, and keeps the last day for fun quizzes and mini dance shows by students.

“Odissi is culturally as rich as Kathak and Bharatanatayam, but it is comparatively under-rated; not many talk about it. I want to motivate youngsters, who are into Western dances, to learn Odissi. I have nothing against Western dance forms, but we must propagate our own cultural heritage, lest we stand to lose it,” says the 17-year-old, with a maturity beyond her years.

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