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tioned Trust. It was registered in 2006 and located at VA2/1, Unit-2, Bhubaneswar. The unique feature of this institute is to preserve, protect and popularize Gurujee’s style, technique and grace of Odissi classical dance. The fading tradition of maintaining the uniquely graceful features of Odissi dance is of major importance for Kumkum Mohanty to teach her students. The vast repertoire originated and created in Kumkum Mohanty’s home for her presentation is now being taught by her personally to maintain the integrity and purity of the music and dance composition as they were in 1960’s. The long items are shortened as needed to stay in the shortened presentations of today. Geeta Govinda dance institute pays serious and rigorous importance to the movement grammar of this form of dance for 4 to 6 months. Just as grammar is the foundation of articulate literature, so to the same is true for the codified language of classical dance forms. An overarching theme of the Geeta Govinda Charitable Trust is to create a solid foundation of technical dance grammar imbibed physically to prepare the body to master the traditional dance items. Geeta Govinda Charitable Trust was formed by Padmashree Kumkum Mohanty, Secretary and a Board of Trustees headed by Shri Sudhanshu Bhusan Mishra, former chief secretary of Odisha. Guruma Kumkum Mohanty directly teaches all dance classes.