A leading institution of Odissi in Australia, promoting Indian classical sacred art forms and values…

We are the Sohamasmi Centre for Performing Arts based in Melbourne, Australia. Our purpose is to promote Indian classical sacred art forms and values. We recognise that art is a tool to chisel the inner personality, to create a bond of mutual growth and artistic excellence that is confident and self-aware. Odissi dance training is at the core of our artistic endeavour and we are the foremost institution of Odissi in Australia that follows a pedagogical lineage of the Late Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra. We are also a professional Odissi dance group and soloists, with a student base of various ethnicities and cultural backgrounds.

Announcements

Sohamasmi is Expanding!

Introducing new classes at Kundrathu Murugan Kumaran Temple in Deanside, VIC.

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Our past year , 2022…

We are pleased to announce that the Sohamasmi Organisation has been awarded the ‘Sustaining Creative Workers’ grant by Regional Arts Victoria and Creative Victoria in 2022. This grant is for the development of an Odissi music ensemble - the first of its kind in Australia, consisting of Victorian artists trained by musicians from Odisha, India.

We hosted four solo and duet performances by our senior dsiciples, Raisa Hashem, Divya Nair, Shreya Rath, Pham Phu Thanh Hang & Pranavi Annadurai supported by the first Victorian Odissi Live Orchestra trained by Guru Achyuta Maharana (Puri, Odisha).