
Internationally established dancer Shalini Patnaik performing in Encinitas at Iyengar Yoga Center of North County's open house gala on 10 September 2011. Many thanks to IYNC teacher Cynthia Neilson for videotaping these demonstrations. Shalini Patnaik's website: www.patnaiksisters.com Biography of Shalini Patnaik: Born and brought up in California, Shalini along with her sisters has been extensively trained in Odissi dance since the tender age of 5. Her instruction has entailed of frequent visits to India to study at the Orissa Dance Academy under internationally acclaimed Gurus Gangadhar Pradhan, Aruna Mohanty, Manoranjan Pradhan, and Yudhistir Nayak and through intense study with resident teachers of the Academy, in San Diego, California. Shalini has presented Odissi at numerous Indian events, temples, multicultural festivals, conventions, museums, libraries, universities, senior centers, and dance festivals in the USA. Along with her sisters, Shalini has been featured in numerous newspaper articles, both local and national, local TV and India Post TV. Some of these publications include the Dance Magazine of New York, the Yoga Journal, Hinduism Today, India Today, The Union Tribune, In Style, and Bazaar. The California Arts Council awarded a "Next Generation Artists" grant to her for developing new choreographies in Odissi in 2002. The Orissa Society of Americas (OSA) honored her along with sisters Laboni and Shibani with the "Kalashree" Award for their contribution and <b>...</b>
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