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(A) Theory:
- Theory of Rasa and Bhava
- Identification of Odissi dance poses according to temple sculptures, traditional texts and contemporary use.
(B) Practical:
- Learning one more mangala-charan
- Learning of Srita Kamala Kucha Mandala from Geet Govinda
- Learning of an abhinaya to an Odia song from Baladev Rath’s Champu or Upendra Bhanja
- Small composition done by the students on a particular given rhythm or poetry.
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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