A Great Odissi Dancer Conjures Gods and Demons Alone
“She’s easily among the top five dancers I’ve ever seen in my lifetime,” the choreographer Mark Morris, who has been watching her for over 20 years, said in a phone interview…. New York Times Read full article here
Powerful Expressions of Indian Dance at the Drive East Festival
One highlight is a solo evening by the Odissi dancer Bijayini Satpathy (above), whose technique is extraordinarily vivid—a powerful expression of the classical Indian ideal of storytelling through movement. New Yorker Click here to see more
Bijayini Satpathy at the Drive East Festival – Kalpana bill – New York
“Satpathy’s dancing combines propulsion, dynamics, refined musicality, and absolute legibility. Watching her, one feels that the language of Odissi is deeply alive, urgent, and universal, like all great art-forms.” “Her well-honed technique allows for continuous, legato movements, without visible adjustments; she seems to swim through space, using
every part of her body.”
“I’ve never seen a more vivid performer.”
“She was funny, tender, lustful, enraged, proud, seductive, powerful,
cunning.” Dance Tabs Read full article here
Bijayani Satpathy: “Soul” Dancer
Her presence onstage always commands your undivided attention – every movement has timeless grace – and then there’s an indescribable “soul” quality to the dance that has to be experienced. In speaking with her, I realize that this “soul” quality stems from her complete dedication to Odissi and her thoughts spout forth with a sincerity of purpose as she speaks about this love. India Currents Read full article here
Drive East festival showcases the best of India’s classical performance traditions Eminent Odissi dancer Bijayini Satpathy who gave meditative recitals in both cities, appreciates the small venues. Having danced with the Nrityagram Ensemble in virtually all the large theatres across the world, she says, “I’ve made a conscious choice that I want to do solos, and in smaller theatres. The idea is to journey together with the audience. Not become the outsider and present something.” The Hindu Read full article here
AUDIENCE REVIEW: Bijayini Satpathy in “Kalpana“ during Drive East Festival “Time stood still as we witnessed a dancer at the top of her powers transform herself physically and metaphorically into an array of characters without the slightest hint of exaggeration or artifice. Bijayini’s technique and artistry fit her like a second skin. ”
“It was the sinuous dancing, the execution of every turn, jump, sway, lilt, fall and recover as if she were born to do it, as if it were an inevitability, that rendered the program spiritual, ecstatic.” The Dance Enthusiast Read full article here
Temple Movement
Tejas Dance and guest artist Bijayini Satpathy collaborated for an intimate Bharatanatyam performance at Lewisville’s MCL Grand Theater.
“In addition to her captivating physicality, Satpathy also displayed moments of pure storytelling through gesture and theatrical embodiment. Sun Maiya and Sakhi He featured her talent for dramatizing traditional narratives in her enticing facial expressions and deliberate steps.” TheaterJones Read full article here
Bijayini Satpathy in Kalpana – The World of Imagination “But it does not take an Odissi practitioner, let alone a dancer, to be mesmerized by Satpathy. This was evidenced by the silence of the crowded theatre during short pauses in between pieces, and as I looked around me, many (myself included) sat on the edge of their seats at times, seemingly forgetting to blink or breathe.”
“The combination of Satpathy’s perfectionist attention to detail, physical strength, musicality, ability to be simultaneously grounded and airy, her unwavering balance, and control at all times of every inch of her body would be admired by any dancer; but it is her facial expressions, and more specifically, the power of her gaze, which make her a truly compelling performer.”
“The evening’s soloist, Bijayini Satpathy, was one of the most beautiful technicians and performers to have ever graced a stage.” loveDANCEmore Read full article here
SORE MUSCLES vs SERENE LIMBS/PRIMA NATYARINA Now in her late forties, BIjayini has truly come into her own. Her dancing is free and fierce. Just watching a short clip of her performing to the words GARUDA GAMANA PANKAJA NAABHA (the One who rides on the Garuda/eagle and from whose navel the Lotus of creation blooms) I watched the ease of her shoulder and back muscles, her legs and core strength with which she was able to lunge, lean, stretch, crouch, and extend – all within the visual aesthetics of the Odissi costume. narthaki.com Read full article here
Acclaimed dancer Bijayini Satpathy brings classic Odissi dance to Duluth
“Odissi bends and curves time by creating sequential or ripple time effect from limb to limb,” says Satpathy, who feels its grace and strength in her every isolation, change of direction or paradoxical representation of “harmony” in the body.
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