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| '''Devraj Patnaik''' (born October 28, 1975) is a Canadian-born music composer, musician, percussionist, and dance choreographer, teacher, and performer. Patnaik was born in [[Oakville, Ontario]], Canada. His siblings, including [[Ellora Patnaik]] were born in the state of [[Orissa, India]], and emigrated to Canada in the 1960s. The sheer volume of his created works makes him the most prolific composer and choreographer of Odissi works in his generation.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
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| ==Career==
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| In 1993, he took over as Managing Director of the Chitralekha Dance Academy.<ref>http://www.garamchai.com/canada/artculture.htm</ref> In 1994, Devraj co-founded Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations (now Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations Incorporated or CODC Inc.) with his mother and sister, Chitralekha and Ellora Patnaik.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.danceumbrella.net/localheroes_1970_02.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024231512/http://www.danceumbrella.net/localheroes_1970_02.htm |archive-date=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=East Indian dance company to show its art on Toronto stage |work=[[The Hamilton Spectator|The Spectator]] |date=December 6, 1997 |location=[[Hamilton, Ontario]] |page=N7 |id={{proquest|269885534}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Susan |title=Past, present merge in epic Indian works |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=November 27, 1997 |page=J9 |id={{proquest|1347468752}} }}</ref> In 1995 they inaugurated the presentation of major Odissi works on a hitherto unprecedented scale in North America, with '''Glaanisanghaar''', or 'the destruction of evil' a dance drama which detailed the ten incarnations of Vishnu in accordance with the [[Gita Govinda]] or the twelfth century poet [[Jayadeva]]. He starred in major production of Odissi dance each year thereafter, and participated in numerous local and international dance festivals (notably the Can-Asian Dance Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canasiandancefestival.com/pastperf.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116083559/http://www.canasiandancefestival.com/pastperf.php |archive-date=2010-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[Vancouver]] International Dance Festival, and the 2000 Odissi Festival) as well as several collaboratie works and plays, notably in the Rasik Arts' production of Girish Karnad's '''Naga Mandala'''.
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| ==Created works==
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| In 2001, CODC Inc. began presenting works which consisted entirely of Devraj's original dance choreography and music composition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiancanadian.net/2005/01/chitralekha-odissi-dance-creations.html|title = Asiancanadian.net is for sale}}</ref> These works premiered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Council, and the Laidlaw Foundation. They included: ''Panchadeva'' (2001), his [[masterpiece|magnum opus]] ''Shiva Naba Rasa'' (2005), and ''Jai Sri Rama'' (2006), as well as the four-year epic called the ''Mahabharata Vira Quadrilogy from the Kurukshetra Chronicles: Bhishma'' (2003), ''Drona'' (2004), ''Karna'' (2005), and ''Arjuna'' (2006).<ref name="fourw">{{cite news |last1=Fellay |first1=Catalina |title=Four Years, Four Warriors |url=https://www.thedancecurrent.com/review/four-years-four-warriors |access-date=2 February 2021 |work=The Dance Current |date=16 October 2004}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.seeodissi.com Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations website]
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| [[Category:1975 births]]
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| [[Category:Canadian people of Indian descent]]
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| [[Category:Living people]]
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| [[Category:People from Oakville, Ontario]]
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| [[Category:People from Burlington, Ontario]]
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| [[Category:Musicians from Ontario]]
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| [[Category:Odissi dancers]]
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