Odissi: What Why and How: Evolution, Revival and Technique

Odissi did exist as a distinctive style of dance about 2,000 years ago when Natyashastra, one of the ancient Indian treatises on dance and dramaturgy, was written. Aesthetic sensuousness, flowing movements and rare lyrical grace within a classical framework have won for Odissi dance an ever increasing clientele during an ever increasing clientele during last three decades.

• Odissi: An Indian Classical Dance Form
• Odissi Dance (Indian Classical Dance Series)
• Odissi the Dance Divine
• Abhinaya-Candrika and Odissi Dance (2 vols.)
• Rasa: Performing the Divine in India
• Odissi Music Evolution Revival and Techniques
• The Natyasatra, The