Ebook: The Odissi dance path finder (vol. I)

Odissi Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, 1988. — 142 p., illustrations.Authors: Guru Pankaj Chanda Das, Pt. Nilamani Misra, Dr. Bhagaban Panda, Smt. Sanjukta Panigrahi.
Illustrations by Brindaban Sahu and Manas Jena.Till date for odissi style there had been no accepted basic training principles in written form. The government of Oriisa through the Odissi Research Centre undertook to fill up this gap. This book lays the fundamental principles of Odissi dance, and it is an excellent resource for the beginner and advanced Odissi student. This publication could be ascribed like an Alphabet Primer in relation to Academic Education, and would serve the purpose of imparting a uniform mode of instruction to the thousands of young odissi dance students.