Manasi Mishra: Manasi, a widely traveled danseuse, has cultivated a lifelong devotion to Classical Indian Dance. Born and brought up in Balasore, Orissa, she began her training in Odissi dance at the age of five, at the Nrutya Sangeeta Kala Mandira Balasore, under the Guru Deva Prasad Das and Guru Sudhakar Sahu. She earned the degrees ‘Nritya Sree’ and ‘Nritya Visharad’. She also studied ‘Sambalpuri’ and various other folk dance forms. An MA in History from Utkal University, she obtained the best dancer award several times from Utkal University and won awards for various other performances. For the last ten years she is teaching Odissi dance to young aspiring dancers in the US. She has performed in various cities in India and USA.
Dr. Shreelina Ghosh: Shreelina is trained under Guru Aloka Kanungo and Giridhari Nayak. Shreelina has performed solo and with her Guru at most major festivals in India including Khajuraho Dance Festival, Konark Dance Festival, Puri Beach Festival, Uday Shankar Dance Festival, National Festival Of New Choreographies, Surya Festival of Kerala and Dooradarshan Utsav. Shreelina has featured on Indian national and state television. “Panamami Buddham”, her solo production for Mahabodhi Society of India and performed at Bodh Gaya brought her to attention of critics and media as an experimental choreographer. She received "Star of Tomorrow Award 2002" from West Bengal Dance Group Federation, competitive awards from Sangeet Natak Academy and West Bengal Music Circle and honorable mention at the “Making A Difference through Artistic Expression Award” from MSU Office of Inclusions & Intercultural Initiatives. Shreelina holds a first class Visharad Diploma in Odissi and is Assistant Professor of Professional Communication at Dakota State University.
