NDLI: In Conversation with Kumkum Mohanty: Learning with Kelucharan Mohapatra

Content Provider	Culture & Heritage - Assorted Archive
Organization	Sahapedia
Description	It is a conversation with Kumkum Mohanty by Madhur Gupta. Kumkum Mohanty was one of the early disciples of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. In the years that followed the Jayantika movement, Mohapatra created many of his signature compositions for Mohanty and Sanjukta Panigrahi. Kumkum Mohanty joined the Indian Postal Service in 1970 and left the field of dance. In 1983, she came to Odisha on deputation upon the invitation of J.B. Pattnaik, and she established the Odissi Research Centre. While at the helm of the Odissi Research Centre, Mohanty collaborated with Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, Sanjukta Panigrahi, and several music and Sanskrit scholars in preparing a terminology for the basic stances, movements, and mudras of Odissi and visually recording each of them. Based on their efforts, Mohanty brought out a manual for Odissi: The Odissi Dance Path Finder. Through her initiative, performances of legendary gurus such as Pankaj Charan Das, Debaprasad Das, and Mohapatra were recorded and preserved at the Odissi Research Centre. Kumkum Mohanty has performed at all major dance festivals and music conferences across India and abroad. She runs an institute for Odissi dance called Geeta Govinda in Bhubaneswar.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Odisha Odissi Classical Dance Classical Music
Content Type	Text Video
Resource Type	Interview

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In Conversation with Kumkum Mohanty: Learning with Kelucharan Mohapatra