Background
Saswat Joshi was born in Titlagarh on 18th December 1984.
Saswat Joshi was born in Titlagarh on 18th December 1984.
Saswat started his journey as a dancer when he was five years old under the able guidance of Guru Prasanta Patnaik and Guru Shantanu Behera at his native village Titlagarh, Bolangir. He learnt the basics of dance and postures of Odissi dance with great interest and dedication as a child artist. As an Odissi Dancer He has been an exponent of Padma Bibhusan Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi style.
He is the recipient of national scholarship from Ministry of Culture Government of India.
He did his Visharad from Chandigarh University and was awarded Sangeet Ratna from Rabindra Bharati University.He has performed in world"s biggest museum of Asian painting Musée Guimet at Paris, France in 2012. He has given many lecture demonstrations of Odissi in various universities worldwide.
To popularise Odissi as Indian classical dance, he traveled and performed Odissi in many European and Asian countries such as Italy, France, Hungary, Finland, Japan, South of Korea, Thailand et cetera He had shared the stage with many international celebrities of dance like 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 As a Model Saswat has modeled for many leading brands like Manyavar dresses, Boyanika as well as for many national and international brands.
He had undergone many photoshoots with the talented group Duti"s Photomontage with photographers like Dutikeshwar Ballav Das, Sindhujyoti Biswal and Dibyajeet Sasmal.
He had also been a great model for vibes photography with Siddhartha Agarwal. All of his photos were selected for the promotional events of Manyavar and Manish creations in Bangalore and many other states in India. As a Choreographer Dance Drama in Odissi Matru Rupa Mallhar Devi Shiv Tandav Krishna Samarpan Maa - based on biography of Ramadevi Choudhury Fusion and creative choreography Sarira Five elemets Rainbow Rudra Satyam Shivam Sundaram Consultant for Odisha contingent National Cadet Corps cadets in Republic Day celebration at New Delhi.
Filmography As a Dance teacher Under this banner Aekalavya Dance Festival is being organised every year to felicitate practitioners, experts and critics of Odissi.