Ellora Patnaik (born September 5, 1968) is a Canadian actress of film, stage and television as well as an
Odissi
Odissi (), also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temple, temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India.[Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, the first child of her parents, Promod and Chitralekha Patnaik; she is seven years older than her brother Devraj Patnaik. Her parents were born in the state of Orissa (now
Odisha
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),
India
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, and immigrated to Canada in the 1960s. Patnaik made numerous trips to India with her family in her youth.
Her parents soon moved to
Oakville, Ontario, and then to
Burlington
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* Burlington, Nova Scotia
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, Ontario, where she attended
M. M. Robinson High School.
In 1986, she was selected for training by (late) Padma Vibhushan
Kelucharan Mohapatra
Kelucharan Mohapatra (8 January 1926 – 7 April 2004) was a legendary Indian classical dancer, guru, and exponent of Odissi dance, who is credited with the revival and popularizing of this classical dance form in the 20th century.
He is ...
, and went to study at the
Odissi
Odissi (), also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temple, temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India.[American Academy of Dramatic Arts
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from 1992 to 1994 and was a member of the company in her third year.
In 2009, she played Jyoti Mehta, Indie Mehta's mother, in the Canadian television series ''
How to Be Indie
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'' on
YTV,
[ ] she filmed another season in 2010.
Career
Film
Television
Odissi dance teacher
Patnaik has taught Odissi dance since the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, she took over as the executive director of the Chitralekha Dance Academy.
Theatre work
See also
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List of Canadian actors
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*Graham Abbey
*Alistair Abell
* Alejandro Abellan
*Raymond Ablack
*Jared Abrahamson
*Aaron Abrams
* Rudwan Khalil Abubaker
* ...
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List of dancers
An annotated list of popular/famous dancers.
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*Ayo & Teo, duo of dancers and musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan.
*Fred Astaire ( – ), American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor. He was an innovator ...
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List of Indo-Canadians
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*Bharat Agnihotri - Alberta Liberal MLA
*Kiran Ahluwalia - singer
* Nira Arora - morning show radio host for CFBT-FM 94.5 in Vancouver, BC
*Akshay Kumar - actor
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* Anita Rau Badami - novelist
*Ashish Bagai - former captain of the Canadia ...
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List of people from New York City
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*50 Cent (Curtis Jackson, born 1975) – businessman and rapper
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List of people from Oakville, Ontario
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*Susan Aglukark, Inuk singer
*Damon Allen, quarterback, CFL's Toronto Argonauts
* Zenon Andrusyshyn, former CFL's Toronto Argonauts placekicker
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List of people from Odisha
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Literature
Age of Sarala Yuga
*Sarala Dasa (1465)
* Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491–1550)
Age of Upendra Bhanja
* Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688–1740)
* Kavisurya Baladev ...
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* Abdominal – hip hop musician
* Patrick J. Adams – actor ('' Suits'')
* Oluniké Adeliyi – ac ...
References
External links
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Chitralekha Odissi Dance Creations website* Chandra, Sarat (undated).
odissi.itgo.com. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
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1968 births
Living people
People from Burlington, Ontario
People from Oakville, Ontario
Actresses from New York City
Actresses from Toronto
Odia people
Canadian actresses of Indian descent
American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
Canadian female dancers
Canadian film actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Canadian expatriate actresses in India
Odissi exponents
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses