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Anita Babu

Odissi dancer

Biography

For Anita Babu, Life is Work & Work is Life. This is so true for many people who have decided to dedicate their life to their profession. And Anita is one of them. But at the same time Anita also believes in not running away from other worldly duties. She is a teacher, dancer, housewife, mother, sister, daughter and a daughter-in-law, all rolled into one. And still she manages to do justice to all these roles with aplomb.

Coming from a simple Oriya middle-class family, she started learning Odissi at the age of 7 in her school before she became a disciple of Guru Padmashree Late Gangadhar Pradhan and. In a society where girls learning dance after a certain age was looked down upon, she got the unstinted support of her family to continue with her dance but without ignoring normal education. In spite of a lot of time being dedicated to Odissi, she still completed her Master in Arts degree in Anthropology from Utkal University.

Although is a well known acclaimed and recognised Odissi dancer, teacher and choreographer, she still continues to hone her skills uner the mentorship of Padmashree Aruna Mohanty.

Apart from traditional Odissi repertoire, Anita has over the last 8 years tried to focus on creating new choreographies on social issues like water conservation, human trafficking, use of alternate energy, menstrual taboo, etc.

With the blessings of Lord Jagannath, her Guru, well wishers, patrons and sponsors Anita is determined to scale greater heights as a dancer and also make Odissi Natya Sala a premier institute for learning Odissi dance in India.

ODISSI NATYA SALA, Delhi, INDIA

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JYOTIRGAMAYA - May the Light of Knowledge remove the Darkness of Ignorance.

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Anita Babu - Odissi Dancer

Anita Babu (Odissi Dancer) Performing in concert at Mysore

Anita Babu performing in concert with her group

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ONS sub-juniors

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Anita @ Bali Spirit Festival

ONS @ Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh

Career

Over the years, Anita has given numerous performances not only through the length and breadth of India but also overseas in countries like Nepal and United States. She has participated and performed at various festivals, namely the Konark Dance Festival, Puri Beach Festival, Pallavostava, etc. She is also a regular performer on Doordarshan, the national TV network and is also an empanelled artiste in ICCR in the Reference Panel of Artistes. Her dedication to Odissi and pursuit of excellence finally paid result when she was selected by ICCR from among a galaxy of artistes to go on a long tour of the US -2003 in which she gave more than 17 performances and 5 lec-dems.

Some noteworthy performances are: -

Durga Puja Celebrations, Mayur Vihar,Delhi

Odissi-Kathak-Kuchipiudi performance at Indo-China Youth Forum, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Govt. of India

Utkal Diwas celebrations of Gurgaon Oriya Samaj, Gurgaon: India

Govt. of Orissa Utkal Diwas Celebrations-New Delhi: India

Asian conference on Storytelling to promote the Reading Habit in Children -New Delhi: India

Odissi dance and lec-dems on behalf of IRCEN-Gulbarga: India

Odissi Kathak Jugalbandi-Gaya: India

All India Army Doctor’s Conference-New Delhi: India

Internatinal Odissi Festival organized by IPAP-Washington DC

Govt. of Orissa Utkal Diwas Celebrations - New Delhi: India

Odissi dance at ‘Phalgun Utsav’ organised by Govt. of Bihar - New Delhi: India

Odissi dance at ‘Partnership Summit’ organized by CII and Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad: India

Odissi dance at 'Pallavothsava-2002’, Mysore: India

Odissi dance at ‘Sur Singar Samsad’, Mumbai: India

Odissi dance at ‘Institute of Social Sciences’ New Delhi: India

At 'Orissa Day’ by Lucknow Oriya Samaj Lucknow: India

Odissi dance, organized by India International Centre New Delhi: India

Odissi dance, ‘HORIZON’ by ICCR-Lucknow: India

Konark Dance Festival-Konark: Orissa

Odissi dance at ‘Orissa Day’ celebrations at India International Trade Fair- New Delhi: India

Odissi dance at the opening ceremony Kathmandu Utsav - Kathmandu: Nepal

Odissi dance at 'Orissa Day' celebrations organized by Office of the Principal Resident Commissioer,

Govt. of Orissa-New Delhi: India, Odissi dance at LBSNAA-Mussorie: India

Odissi dance at India Habitat Centre-New Delhi: India

Odissi dance organised by Times of India (Newspaper in Education – NIE) New Delhi: India

Odissi dance, ‘HORIZON’ by ICCR-New Delhi: India

Odissi dance at Kala Mela-Kolkata: India

Dance at Kolkata Travel & Tourism Exposition-Kolkata: India

Odissi Dance at 'Puri Beach Festival'-Puri: Orissa

Programs

Odissi Dance by Anita Babu

Awards & Achievements

Anita ji is a Doordarshan artiste since 1991. • Empanelled in ICCR’s Reference Panel of Artistes since 1994 • Empanelled by Ministry of Culture, Government of India for Festivals of India abroad • ODISSI NATYA SALA is empanelled in ICCR as an institute for learning Odissi for foreign students • Empanelled as a consultant for ODISSI dance in Times of India (under the program Newspaper in Education) for conducting workshops in various schools. • Conducted various workshops for a workshop on Odissi dance along with Gurushree Gangadhar Pradhan for SPIC-MACAY. • Established an Odissi dance school in New Delhi in 1997 by the name ‘ODISSI NATYA SALA’ with over 50 students. • Organised a Festival of Orissa at NOIDA in September 2000 showcasing Oriya music, dance and cuisine. • Empanelled with "India International Rural Cultural Centre (IRCEN)" for lecture/demonstrations at various schools, colleges, etc. for increasing awareness for Indian culture. • Anita Babu has also been a judge at numerous dance and cultural festivals and has also been one of the judges at Junior Scholarship selection by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT), an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India • Odissi Natya Sala currently receives salary grant and cultural function grants from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India.