Chandramani PradhanBorn in a small village ‘Mulabasanta’, Puri, Odisha, India.
• At the age of 5 used to walk 4 kilometers twice a week to a nearby village ‘Parikula’ to learn ‘Odissi’ Dance for 2 years under Guru Sri Bijay Kumar Sahoo.
• Performed a stage show at a famous local cultural festival, in ‘Parikula’.
• At the age of 7 moved to village ‘Raghurajpur – Heritage Village of India’ and acquired professional training in ‘Gotipua Dance’ under the expert guidance of Padmashree Awardee Guru Sri Maguni Das.
• After 6 months of training started to perform on Stage.
• First Performance was at ‘Hotel Tosali Sands’, Puri, Odisha, India.
• After few local performances first show outside Odisha was at ‘Ganesh Festival 1996’, Goa, India.
• First show Outside India was in France in the year 2002.
• Stage shows are performed throughout the year for atleast eight months a year.
• Every year on regular basis perform Major Stage Shows in New Delhi, Calcutta, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Mumbai and all over India apart from Odisha.
Prominent Dance Performances outside India:-
• Performance in France 2002.
• Performance in London, Scotland and Ireland 2002.
• Performance in Japan 2004 (Like ‘Namaste India Festival’, Tokyo, ‘Diwali Festival’, Yukohama and different shows at Fukui, Nagano, Osaka, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Niigata etc..)
• Performance in Bhutan 2003-2004.
• Performance in Moscow, Russia 2005.
• Performance in Germany and London 2007.
• Performance in Kenya 2017.
Felicitated in all Major Dance Shows through out INDIA and countries like France, London, Scotland, Ireland, Japan, Bhutan, Russia, Germany and Kenya.
