Dance and Architecture
On 17th of April as last act of project “In the footsteps of the devadasi..” Rekha and Michael gave us an interesting lecture on how odisi was created in the 1950s and 60s using the inspiration of the temple sculpture and elements from the existing folk performing arts in Orissa. In the connection with exhibition in Gallery Square Circle at Kala Kendra which traces the genesis and flowering of dance as a ritual offering before the gods, the topic draw selected few, and it end up with vivid discussion about dancers, postures and energy, and how it all reflected on the architecture and sculptures at the certain point of time.