Indian classical dances bring out the quintessential cultural ethos of diverse regions of India. The programme offers practical training in the basics of classical dance forms and provides a holistic and integrated approach to understanding Indian performing arts through theory courses with seventy percent to thirty pecent weightage for practical and theory.
This is an innovative programme from IGNOU, which combines the strength of both IGNOU and its Programme Study Centres, which are reputed Odissi dance schools located across the length and breadth of India and abroad.
It combines the flexibility of distance and continuing education with conventional learning system and provides for face-to-face interaction through its Programme Study Centres, for both theory and practicals