STUDENTS OF GUNJAN
Established in the year 1995 Gunjan Dance Academy, committed to the classical and traditional art heritage of Odissi, under the able tutelage and leadership of Smt. Meera Das. Since 28 years Guru Smt. Meera Das is imparting training and guiding groups of young dancers in the historical city of Cuttack and with them set up a highly professional repertory who has been performing around the globe and Gunjan Dance Academy has become an organization of excellence.
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Gunjan has an excellent in house training facility in Cuttack & Bhubaneswar, where students from abroad take training under the direct supervision of Smt. Meera Das.
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The academy is associated with several educational institutions with the objective to spread Odissi awareness and encourage youngsters to learn and propagate Odissi. It adds to our credibility and honor that we are one of the proud empanelled groups of ICCR , EZCC, Festival Cell of India, IRCEN, NLU & other various organizations.
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Gunjan with 28 years of dedication & hard work has established many wings in different part of world where the senior students are imparting training and creating their next generation dancers. We have 4 branches in Cuttack district & others in Kolkata, Raipur, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Dubai & USA.
PERFORMING ARTISTS AND TEACHERS :
Sasmita Panda
Priyanka Jena
Bidya Biswajeeta
Shibani Parija
Bhagyashree Aich
Sweekruti Das
Swarnamayee Behera
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Swapna Dutta
UPCOMING PERFORMERS :
Ipsita Dash
Soujanya Mohapatra
Sai Amrita Mohanty
Subhashree Behera
Sanjeet Kumar Nayak
Surendra Kumar Patra
Sital Smruti Sahoo
Tanushree Sahoo
ALUMNI :
Shibangi Mohapatra
Priyanka Mohanty
Ananya Dev
Malabika Jena
Sarmistha Paul
Padmini Sahoo
Isha S Chubey
Ritika Mandal
Suchitra Pratihari
Lopamudra Jena
Puspa Panda
Sangeeta Chhotaray
THE VISION OF GUNJAN DANCE ACADEMY :
To provide quality teaching & learning facilities of Odissi dance to aspiring talents. ​
To assist deprived and talented students and provide a forum to learn Odissi where learning facilities is not available.
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To propagate & Popularize Odissi all over.
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Create opportunity for young and talented artists to perform in various forums in India and outside India
To create an awareness about Odishan Culture and the history of Odissi Dance.