Saswat Joshi

Saswat started his professional Odissi training under Guru Padma Shri Kumkum Mohanty in 2000. He has been an exponent of Padma Vibhusan recipient Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra's Odissi style, and trained under the guidance of Guru Ileana Citaristi. He has received a national scholarship from the Indian Ministry of Culture, which he used to pursue a Visharad at Chandigarh University. He was also awarded a Sangeet Ratna from Rabindra Bharati University. He performed at Musée Guimet in Paris, France in 2012, as well as giving lecture demonstrations of Odissi in various universities.

To popularise the Odissi form of Indian classical dance, he has traveled and performed in many European and Asian countries such as Italy, France, Hungary, Finland, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand.

He shared the stage with many internationally known dancers, such as Carla Fracci, Luciana Savignano, Giuseppe Picone, Beppe Menegatti, Rossella Brescia and Luciano Mattia Cannito in a production called 'I Have a Dream' at Palermo city, Sicily of Insular Italy[4][5]

• Koun Kitney Panee Mein by Nila Madhab Panda
• Kranti Dhara by Himanshu Khatua
• Choreography consultancy in various Bollywood films[6]

Saswat is the founder of Lasyakala Institute of Performing Arts. The institute also organizes the annual Aekalavya Dance Festival.[7][8]