Happy For Hope, Online festival to help artists by Saswat Joshi
Happy For Hope an online festival to help artists by renowned Odissi dancer and choreographer Saswat Joshi. It is the first online Indian Classical, folk dance and music festival. The wonderful opportunity to artists especially those who are at home in lockdown. The introduction post on the official Facebook page of Lasyakala reads – “Creativity has no end so our artists are getting ready and coming live for you all from Home, this is absolutely an encouragement and empowering step for art and artist.
Saswat Joshi has started the initiative to bring dancers, singers from different parts of the world and perform online for classical dance and music lovers during the lockdown. The facebook handle of his institute Lasyakala Dance Vision receives a weekly reach of about 50,000 with more than 15,000 video views.
Artists from across the globe celebrated Raja, Ratha Yatra, Bahuda, and Guru Purnima.
Here is the complete details of all the 9 Editions of Happy For Hope-
The exclusive Classical and folk dance festival, Organized by Lasyakala’s senior members, a day completely with dance, the first Sunday started with the concept of “Hope for Future”
The 1st Edition, Happy for Hope
Sagarika Mohanty, Shivastakam and MadhuraBachana
Sikruti Panda, Odissi Batu
Chinmayee Malia, Dhemsa – Folk dance
Bibhudutta Das, Odissi Nachanti Range Sri Hari
Lipsa Mahapatra, Odissi
Sonal Acharaya, Odissi
Puja Priyadarshini Sahoo, Sambalpuri Dalkhai
Subhashree Satapathy, Odissi Batu
Sheetal Swarupa, Odissi Dasaavatar
Prakruti Mohanty, Chandana Charchita, Odissi
Tejaswini Pattanaik, Odissi
Truptita Pattanaik, Sambalpuri Rasarkeli
Saswat Joshi, Odissi-Rasapanchaka And Moksha
The second edition was on 17 May 2020 where dancers from different parts of India and Odisha performed Odissi and Sambalpuri dance. The rich Indian Dance form should reach to a different corner and we should empower the performing artist in this lockdown, a Pandemic situation that’s the real motto.
The 2nd Edition
Jagruti Rath, Folk Dance
Lipsa Mohapatra, Sambalpuri dance, Rasarkeli
Anisha Anukampa, Odissi Dance, Abhinaya
Swagatika Rath, Folk Dance, Sambalpuri, Dalkhai
Sonal Acharya, Folk Dance, Shingari
Bibhudutta Das, Folk dance Maelajada, Sambalpuri
Prachi Hota, Odissi Dance, Abhinaya
Sanjeev Jena, Odissi Dance, Mahakali
Sagarika Mohanty, Odissi Dance, Pallavi, Kalabati
Saswat Joshi, Odissi dance, Pallabavinaya, Barsha
The 3rd Edition
Happy For Hope was on the third edition and this week the Lasyakala family has a lot to offer to all their audience.
Jagruti Rath, Folk Dance, Sambalpuria Phula
Lipsa Mohapatra, Sambalpuri dance, Rasarkeli
Anisha Anukampa, Odissi Dance, Abhinaya
Swagatika Rath, Folk Dance, sambalpuri, Dalkhai
Sonal Acharya, Folk Dance , Shingari
Bibhudutta Das, Folk dance Maelajada, Sambalpuri
Prachi Hota, Odissi Dance, Abhinaya
Sanjeev Jena, Odissi Dance
Sagarika Mohanty, Odissi Dance, Pallavi
Saswat Joshi, Odissi dance
Not only Odissi or Sambalpuri Dance, the art lovers also got the opportunity to watch Indian Classical dance Kathak in this 4th Edition.
The 4th Edition
Subhankari Devi, Introduction
Chinmayee Malia, Odissi
Prakruti Mohanty, Panchrashi sambalpuri Dance
Kartikeswar Barik, Sambalpuri Dance
Sikruti Panda, Maelajada Dance
Subhashree Satapathy, Sambalpuri Dance
Sudhansu Shekhar Satapathy, Chadheya Chadheyani Folk Dance
Sourav Mohanty, Odissi Dance
Sreya Chakraborty, Odissi Dance
Tulika Tripathy, Odissi Dance
Heta Walde, Kathak Dance
The fifth of Happy for Hope was introduced by Jagruti Rath on the 7th of June 2020. The exclusive Indian classical and folk dance festival during the lockdown, India’s First online dance festival where artists get an amazing platform to showcase their talent from home.
The 5th Edition
Jagruti Rath, Introduction ceremony
Truptita Patnaik, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpuri folk dance
Arupananda Mahala, Baripada, Folk Dance
Soumya Pati, Jajpur, Folk Dance
Tejaswini Patnaik, Bhubaneshwar, Dhemsa Tribal Dance
Aaditya Mohanty, Rourkela, Odissi Dance
Subhasmita panda, Bhubaneswar, Bihu Dance
Gangeswar Ranapa Nrutya Anushthan, Ganjam Ranapa Dance
Santashree Sasmal, Kolkata, Odissi Dance
Sagarika Mohanty, Bhubaneshwar, Odissi Dance
The first online Indian Classical dance, folk dance, and Music festival celebrated the Raja festival in its 6th Edition.
The 6th Edition
Sagarika Mohanty, Introduction ceremony
Tapan Kumar Behera, Odissi
Suchismita Sahu, Odissi
Sudhansu Shekhar Satapathy, Sambalpuri Dance
Megha Saha, Lavni
Satya Prakash Sahu, Odissi
Lipsa Mohapatra, Odissi
Smaranika Hota, Odissi
Rukmini Sofia Tolli, Odissi
Anuradha Mohanty, Sambalpuri Dance
Swaraj Purohit, Live music concert
The first online Indian Classical dance was now in the 7th Week or the 7th Edition. The Folk dance and Music festival has now become a wonderful opportunity for artists especially those who are at home in lockdown. This Virtual cultural festival is absolutely an encouragement and empowering step not only for the art and artists but all for all the fans of the respective crafts. The day as the day of Solar Eclipse and the event started off late.
The 7th Edition
Chandana Das, Introduction ceremony
Charchika Dash, Odissi Dance
Arupananda Mahala, Sambalpuri Dance
Roji Swain, Odissi Dance
Manisha Rani Dash, Dalkhai
Rajat Sharma, The jamming session with vocal power
Sila Samal, Odissi Dance
This is a really unique virtual performance by many talented Dancers and Singers in the Lasyakala platform. In the 8th Sunday i.e on 28th June, the event was a little different than other editions, the artists performed only with one concept, which is Lord Jagannatha and his miracle in their life, music, and dance as a tribute to the almighty Lord Jagannatha, Devi Subhadra And Lord Balabhadra. It was celebrated as the edition of Ratha Yatra.
The 8th Edition
Saswat Joshi, Introduction ceremony
Sangeeta Padhy, Singer
Sonal Acharya, Singer
Sibha Shankar Sarangi, Singer
Bibhudutta Das, Dance
Manisha Rani Dash, Sambalpuri Dance
Santosh Kumar Behera, Singer
Swagatika Rath, Dance
Prabhat Kumar, Singer
Sagarika Mohanty, Dance
Rajanandini Panda, Singer
Ipsit Panda, Singer
Jagruti Rath, Singer
Ipseeta Pati, Singer
With time and connecting more dance and music-loving people, here is the list of young talents who performed on the 9th edition of Happy for Hope from various places across the globe.
The 9th Edition
Chandana Das, Introduction Ceremony
Dibya Ranjan Pattnaik, Singer
Samragyee Kashyap, Sastriya Dancer
Avantika Mohanty, Odissi
Dr. Anisha Anukampa, Odissi
Meera Parida
President Third gender welfare Trust,
BJD Vice President women wings, Kinnar Mahamandaleswar, Kinnar Akhada, East India
Talk show on mental happiness and the importance of the Third gender in society.
Sangeeta Padhy, Singer
Rajalakshmi Iyer, Bharatnatyam
Divyani Behera, Odissi
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