{"id":35619,"date":"2019-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/new-professor-organizes-odissi-festival\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:58:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:58:23","slug":"new-professor-organizes-odissi-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/new-professor-organizes-odissi-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"New Professor Organizes Odissi Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Assistant Professor of Dance Kaustavi Sarkar recently organized a dance festival in honor of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra (1926-2004), the man who revived and popularized the ancient Indian classical dance, Odissi. The festival, \u201cSoul Vision,\u201d was held in Calcutta, India, on January 2.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to coming to the United States, Sarkar was a student and then a teacher at the Srjan dance studio in Odisha, East India, which was founded by Mohapatra. <a href=\"https:\/\/ninertimes.com\/2019\/01\/assistant-professor-of-dance-organizes-festival-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more about her education and research and the \u201cSoul Vision\u201d festival in this article in the Niner Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarkar also participated in the festival, performing a famous Odissi composition, \u201cAhe Neela Shailo.\u201d Her performance and those of the other dancers received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/entertainment\/dance\/a-meaningful-exchange\/article26014908.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glowing reviews in the Indian press.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarkar has brought Odissi classes to the dance department curriculum and hopes to build a cultural exchange between her old home and her new. 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