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Ratikant Mohapatra is a dancer, percussionist, Guru, and Choreographer and archivist of Odissi. Under the direction and choreography of Ratikant Mohapatra, 555 Odissi dancers, a large number of them belonging to foreign countries, performed in unison at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar to enter their names in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Guru Ratikant Mohapatra has striven to preserve the legacy in its pristine form and dynamic outreach. As Artistic Director of Srjan, As a top notch dancer, percussionist, teacher, choreographer and archivist, Ratikant is eminently qualified for the responsibility of spear heading a renaissance in neo-classical Odissi.
RESEARCH WORK. Documentation through video & audio recording of eminent Guru/Dancers/Scholar’s experience and achievements in Odissi dance & Music, other classical art forms and research on evolution of pakhawaj-playing originating with the traditional folk forms to the classical Odissi dance. PRODUCTION PERFORMED.
Ratikant Mohapatra has carved for himself an enviable niche as a dancer, percussionist, teacher and archivist. In the last 25 years, together with his father Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, he has been able to establish a firm imprint of Odissi in the consciousness of audiences in India and abroad.
Faculty of Arts, Communication and Indic Studies. Qualification. Masters in Odissi Dance from KVK, Cuttack, Odisha. Journals.
An outstanding exponent of Odissi dance, Shri Ratikant Mohapatra has won renown both as a choreographer and teacher. He has trained several young dancers of promise at the Srjan, Bhubaneswar. Shri Ratikant has choreographed several dance-dramas and received acclamation.
Guru Ratikant Mohapatra In the universe of Indian classical dance and music, Ratikant has carved for himself a enviable niche as a dancer, percussionist, teacher, choreographer and archivist. In the last 30 years he has been able to establish a firm imprint of Odissi in the consciousness of audiences in many places in India and abroad.
