The inspiring story of the famous male Odissi and Sambalpuri Dancer Rinku Sahoo shadowing stereotypes
Rinku Kumar Sahoo is a dancer of Odissi and Sambalpuri, dance forms that originated in Odisha, India. Apart from being a dancer, he is also a choreographer and a dance teacher. Men who selected classical dancing as a vocation were considered a disgrace in some segments of society in a society that is still extremely heteronormative. Classical dances are frequently misunderstood as forms with only delicate motions that can only be justified by the female gender. Such is the story of famed Odissi dancer Rinku Sahoo, who defied prejudices with his devotion to the art, demonstrating time and time again…