Pragya Dyuti, as the name suggests, is in essence, “The source of knowledge which enlightens life. The Dance Institute, which started its wonderful journey in the year 2004, was conceptualized by its sole Sutradhar Shayomita Dasgupta.
 The institution, bearing the Registration no. S/1L/60862, received affiliation from the Government of West Bengal under West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961.
Pragya Dyuti is an eternal temple, where dreams come true. Just as blood flows within the body, Pragya Dyuti instills the zeal and exuberance of the divine form of dance within its students. The very existence of it lies in the soulful nurturing of its students. The students are trained with utmost care and affection so as to imbibe the passion of this soothing and graceful dance form within them.
 The students are, firstly, provided with a training phase, which consists of a handful of freehand exercises, followed by warming up of their bodies. This enables them to retain their body structures, thereby creating the self-ability to mould their body postures to perfection and enabling them to rectify accordingly. This paves the way for strengthening their body muscles to become powerful & graceful enough for the future.
After such phase, its time for the students to learn the basic steps of Odissi (Chauk & Tribhangi), followed by gathering of enough knowledge of the basic bhangis (postures), and then to learn usage and application of proper mudras in appropriate situations, their importances & usefulness.
 Subsequently, students are made to learn notable dance pieces which are popularly called “items”; The items have extracts like Mangalacharan (Guru Vandana pieces),Batu, Pallavis, Abhinaya and lastly Mokhsha i.e. the state of Nirvana or in other words the state where the performers get soulfully connected directly with the Almighty i.e., Lord Jagannath.
Besides the dance training, the students are imparted with regular meditation classes highlighting the enrichment and usefulness that it bestows from the spiritual aspect. Regular workshop phases are also followed in Pragya Dyuti on scheduled and specified time and dates.
Recently, students are being provided with special Creative Dance classes based on Rabindra Sangeet, Najrul Geeti and Modern Creative Songs.
Pragya Dyuti also offers its students the opportunity for appearing in the examination phases conducted under the aegis of Chandigarh University.
Last but not the least, Pragya Dyuti has come up with notable productions directed by Shayomita Dasgupta like:- |
