Mode: Online Classes on every Sunday from 11 A.M to 12.30 P.M from 18th April onwards  Total No. of Classes: 20  

Registration Fees: Rs. 2000/-  

Resource Person and Course Coordinator: Sangeeta Ghosh, Visharad in Odissi Nritya, Rabindra Nritya and  Creative Dance 

Advisory Committee: Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy, Smt. Urmila Bhaumik, Smt. Alokeparna Roy, Smt. Debaroti  Goswami and Smt. Sudipta Majumder 

Special Attraction:  

1. Webinar on Odissi and the Journey by Smt. Urmila Bhaumik, Odissi Dancer and Choreographer  2. Webinar on Dance for Everyone by Smt. Debaroti Goswami, Odissi Dancer and Founder of MON O MUDRA  3. Webinar on Theory of Consciousness layers, S-O-R Model by Ms. Alokeparna Roy, M.A Katthak, RBU  

Brief Description of Therapeutic Values of Dance:  

Dance helps improve mood, reduce stress and anxiety. Within the scientific community, a growing number of  researchers have proven that, while dancing, an abundance of mood-improving chemicals are released within the  body of the dancer. According to research carried out by The Arts in Psychotherapy, when unleashed, these  chemicals help improve one’s mental state; even one “lively” session of dance can reduce depression.  

According to a study conducted by University of Hertfordshire Psychology Professor Peter Lovatt, the happiness  experienced while dancing is measurable even after dancing, increased levels in happiness present as long as a  week after the last dance.  

When participating in forms of dance which engage the sense of touch—one of the first senses humans experience.  A growing number of experts have found that, when establishing human-to-human physical contact through touch,  there are notable reductions in levels of stress and anxiety, consequently bettering one’s overall mental wellbeing  (TIME).  

Dance provides an active, non-competitive form of exercise that has potential positive effects for physical health  as well as mental and emotional wellbeing. Dance therapy is based on the idea that body and mind are co relational. The therapeutic approaches with various forms of Indian dances are a new entrant to dance literature.  

According to the Natyashastra, among the four techniques of representation (abhinaya), such as gestures (angika),  words (vacika), make-up (aharya) and the sattva (sattvika), the angika consists of physical representation by using  various gestures and postures. The eyes have different kinds of glances depending upon the expressions of  psychological states (bhava) and sentiments (rasa). Eyeballs are also liable to similar changes to create impressions  of different feelings and emotions, and so are eyebrows, nose, cheek, chin, neck, head, limbs, etc. It also holds  different body (torso) movements, hand gestures, movement of different body parts in its actual directions and  their effects on dance as well as human body and mind.  

Odissi dance is composed of a rich variety of bhangi (the basic poses or movements of nritta) found mostly in the  Hindu sculptures. This dance style mainly follows the tribhangi (three dimensional body gesture). In Odissi this  is achieved by sharply deflecting the hips in one direction, deflecting the torso in another and finally deflecting  the head in the same direction as the hip. In this dance human body is divided into two halves with equal  distribution of weight.  

This dance form includes various forms of sitting, walking, leaping and elevations that reinforce some of the basic  therapeutic movements of the dance. Prolonged practice of this dance forms give a very good body shape and  Odissi dancers have great lung function, and muscular control of waist, hip and thigh.