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Experience the grace, lyrical charm, sculpturesque poses, haunting music, and spirituality of Odissi, an ancient Indian classical dance style, through the performance of Niharika Mohanty, and her student, Esha Bandyopadhyay. Nava Usha represents a new beginning for Toronto based Ms. Mohanty in the Bay Area after relocating to San Francisco. Nava Usha is a traditional Odissi recital featuring the various moods and facets of Odissi dance - the sweet, the graceful, the sculptural, the aesthetical, the technical, the passionate, the vigorous, the dramatic, the poetic, the devotional, and the final surrender to the divine. The pieces are all choreographed by the highly acclaimed Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, with duet composition by Ms. Mohanty. Ms. Bandyopadhyay has also trained under the famed Guru with annual training in his institution.

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