Here are dancers who travel the world, win laurels, bring glory to their art form, produce innovative choreography, build an army of competent students and then there are those who do all of the above and also create institutions. Parwati Dutta belongs to the latter category. An intuitive dancer, choreographer and arts administrator, she underwent rigorous training in Kathak and Odissi under the aegis of foremost proponents such as Pt. Birju Maharaj, Pt. Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Madhavi Mudgal. Parwati’s solo performances began to attract appreciation and she was soon travelling the world with her esteemed gurus. Her passion for teaching and academic research further strengthened her understanding of form and evolved newer insights about the vocabulary of dance. Her work ever since has reverberated with fresh ideas unravelled through painstaking research into some of the most definitive musicological treatise such as Sangita Ratnakara. From Tagore to Odiya poetry to the sculptures of Ellora caves, her choreographic universe is eclectic.

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