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Alpana Nayak, Odissi Exponent
About Her

Born and brought up in Balasore, Orissa, Alpana Nayak began her training in Odissi at the age of seven at the Nrutya Sangeeta Kala Mandira, Balasore under Late Guru Deva Prasad Das and Guru Sudhakar Sahoo. She gained her ‘Nritya Shree’ degree at the age of thirteen and ‘Nritya Visharad’ at nineteen. She has enriched her Odissi style under Guru Hare Krishna Behera.

Alpana has performed Odissi Dance Solo in almost all major cities and cultural festivals of India, England and Japan.

Along with her performing career Alpana is also a dedicated teacher. She is actively involved in promotion of Indian culture in India and abroad by conceiving, developing and presenting new compositions. She has taught Odissi and different Indian folk dances in several cities of India, in London and in Tokyo.

Her Odissi dance disciples include specially gifted children who are inmates of Saint Teresa’s Jeevan Jyoti Home in New Delhi.

She performed in front of the President of India in the Rashtrapati Bhawan as a special invitee in April 2006. Alpana has a “Nrityashree” in Odissi Dance, MA in Economics, B.Ed and Diploma in Computers. She is a graded artist of Doordarshan Kendra Central Unit, empanelled on ICCR and a recipient of Fellowship from Department of Culture, Government of India. She has delivered lectures on performing arts, Indian heritage, education of special children at different places such as MS University Vadodara; Devi Ahilya University, Indore; Anti Racist Forum, London; Institute for Mentally Retarded Adults, Tokamachi, Japan; The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama & The India International Centre New Delhi.

About Her Performances

Solo performance as an Odissi dancer in Kolkata (1978, 1993), Shantiniketan (1979), Bhubaneswar (2006, 2007), London (1999, 2000), New Delhi (1992, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006), Chennai (2207, 2008), Tokyo (2006), Nigata-Japan (2006), Tokamachi-Japan (2006), Mahabalipuram (2005, 2006,2007, 2008), Goa (2003), Allahabad (2002), Jammu (1995, 2001), Mussoorie (1997, 1999, 2001), Lucknow (2003, 2004), Bhopal (2006), Indore (2006), Vadodara (2004), Dehradun (2004, 2006), Surajkund (2005) Port Blair (2007) Leh, Ladakh (2007) etc.

Alpana has performed at the prestigious Nehru Centre, London; the Millennium Dome, London; India International Centre, New Delhi; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi; Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi; Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi; Tokyo City Centre; VIRASAT-Dehradun; Bharat Bhawan-Bhopal; HCL Concert Series at Habitat, New Delhi; the 3rd International Odissi Dance Festival etc.