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(A) Theory:
- Asanjukta and Sanjukta hasta viniyoga (up to the 10th one of Abhinaya Darpana Prakash by Jadunath Singh)
- General idea about Mahari and Gotipua dance and their relevance to the present Odissi dance
- Practice of 4 more rhythmic patterns: khemta (6 matra), jhampa (10 matra) jati (14 matra), and adi tala (16 matra)
(B) Practical:
- Two more arasa-s in Jhampa and khemta tala
- Learning of Batu nritta (with tala notation)
- Learning of small pallavi (with music and tala notation)
Text / Reference Books:
(A) English Books
- Tala Lakshanam- by V. Narasimhacharya, 1986 (address: Frazerpet, Raja Ramamohan Roy road, Kakinada-563001)
- A Dictionary of Bharata Natya- by U.S. Krishna Rao, Orient Longman, Chennai
- Odissi Dance- by Dhirendranath Patnaik, Sangeet Natak Academi, Bhubaneswar
- Love song of the Dark Lord- ed. and tr. by Barbara Stoler Miller, Oxford University Press, Chennai
- Sacred and Profane Dimensions of Love in Indian Traditions as exemplified in the Gitigovinda- by Lee Siegel, Oxford University Press, New Delhi
- Abhinayadarpanam- English tr.by Manmohan Ghosh, Manisha Grantalaya, Kolkata
- The mirror of Gesture- by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi
- Odissi vocal- by Kirtan Narayan Parhi, Rawa Academi, Bhubaneswar
- The Natya Sastra- translated by a Board of Scholars, Sri Satguru Publications, New Delhi
- The Odissi Dance Path Finder- by Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar
- The Making of a guru; Kelucharan Mohapatra, his life and times- by Ileana CItaristi, Manohar Publishers, New Delhi
- Odissi,an Indian Classical Dance Form- by H.P.Mohanty, Arya Books International, New Delhi
- Guru Debaprasad Das, Icon of Odissi- by Gayatri Chand, (address: 450, nageswari tank, Lewis road) Bhubaneswar
(B) Odia Books
- Abhinaya Darpanam- Odia tr. by Dhirendranath Patnaik, Padmaja Prakasani, Cuttack
- Abhinaya Chandrika-ed and tr. By Dhirendranath Patnaik, Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack
- Mardal Bijnana- by Jagannath Kuanr, Bhadrak
- Odia Sahityare itihas- by Surendranath Acharya, Sahadev Pradhan Friends Publishers, Cuttack
- Sangeeta Samgya- by Ramahari Das, Kaishiki Prakashani, Bhubaneswar
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