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| Bijoyini
Sathpathy |
Bijayini
Satpathy’s life has been focussed on Odissi
dance from the very beginning. She began her training
when she was seven years old, at the Orissa Dance
Academy, Bhubaneshwar. Her first Gurus were Guru
Gangadhar Pradhan and Guru Kanduri Charan Behara.
With each passing year, even as her training progressed,
her
thirst for knowledge grew sharper and she
began to search for more. This quest brought her
to Nrityagram in 1993.
Bijayini flourished in the fertile soil of Nrityagram
under the guidance of Protima Gauri and in collaboration
with Surupa Sen. The intense concentration on dance
and the involvement with other practitioners of
performance arts that the system in Nrityagram fosters,
gave her the perfect environment in which to grow.
Her skill in Abhinaya was polished by Smt. Kalanidhi
Narayanan and creative dance and choreography mastered
under the guidance of Ranjabati Sircar and Mahesh
Mahboobani. Renowned dancers and choreographers,
from all over the world, have given a new dimension
to her traditional foundation. She has also trained
in martial art forms like Chhau, Kalaripayyat and
Aikido. |
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