M Zone

PRAVATA KUMAR RANA

Managing Director(M Zone)

Pravata Kumar Rana, Managing Director of M-ZONE Dance Academy, is a Born Dancer. He Struggled a lot to train himself in the time when there was no scope for dance in Odisha. With the small crew he continued dancing and body building and established the foundation of modern dance styles in the state. A good student and scholar from childhood, he found both his love and life in dancing.
He works as HOD Dance in Doon International School and a physical trainer in East cost Railway. After holding a number of Dance competitions, shows, albums etc. , he has not stopped, he keeps on training and choreographing as well as teaching morals of life to the students.

MANDAKINI JENA

Director(M Zone)

Mandakini Jena, the title winner of CONTEMPORARY QUEEN and MOST FLEXIBLE BODY, born in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 15th july 1986 is an internationally known Contemporary Dancer .She was the youngest of five siblings of mother Bhagyalaxmi Jena and father Gagan Bihari Jena raised and brought off in Bhubaneswar.

Early Career:

Mandakini Jena started her educational carrier at Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir School and graduated from Utkal University ( Rajdhani College ) in the year 2005. In her early childhood she was a great dancer and aimed to develop the condition of Indian and western dance forms in Odisha which was below primary level. She was trained Taekwondo and dance from GURU JAGANNATH TAMANG and knocked out many male Taekwondo fighters. From childhood she had a boyish attitude and was never seen as a weak female. She got Odissi dance training from GURU SUBRAT PATTNAIK, bharatnatyam dance from GURU ANIL TANDI and later was trained in other dance forms by TERENCE LEWIES DANCE COMPANY. She has specialized in dance forms like Indian folk, Classical (Odissey, Bharatnatyam, Martial Art), western (Contemporary, Hip Hop, Salsa, Jazz ).

Professional life:

She has been working as Head of the Dance Department Delhi Public School, Kalinga, Odisha and runs M ZONE Dance Academy having branches all over Odisha. She has trained around 10,000 students placed at various parts of the country. She has organised and participated in many national and international level dance shows in Bankok, Singapore, Delhi, Mumbai, Odisha.

Television:

She has been a contestent and winner of a number of Dance reality shows like India's biggest dance reality show DANCE INDIA DANCE-1 (ZEE TV), BOOGIE BOOGIE MAHAYUDH (SONY TV) and CHAK DHOOM DHOOM TEAM CHALLENGE (COLORS CHANNEL) and 1 2 CHA CHA AND DANCE DHAMAL 1 AND 2 (ETV ODIA CHANNEL) and TEAM SALSA IN INDIA'S DANCING SUPER STAR . She has been a judge and a choreographer in DID LITTLE MASTER ,DID ,DID MOM Level 1,2,3 selection.

Achievements:

Mandakini jena won the Indian Choreography Award for his excellent choreography for dance festivals.

K. GOPAL REDDY

Chief Administrator (M-Zone)

K. Gopal Reddy who knows more about dance but little studies, dies for dance and keeps the promise to dance the whole life. Working as the senior most instructor in the institution, is giving a big hand for the development of dance in odisha as well as contributing in taking the institution to its height.

Early life:

Belonging to a poor family with many difficulties , he completes his boards and comes under the influence of Mandakini Jena, who not only teaches him dance but also, how to live his life. After losing all of his family members, he is left with his only elder daughter. He keeps on fighting and defending himself in the long run. Greatly inspired by the legend of dance Michael Jackson, he keeps on dancing and wins the title of Odisha’s Michael Jackson.

Professional Life:

Professionally he worked with the designation of dance teacher in Delhi Public School, Kalinga . He has trained around 5000 students till present, performed in hundreds of stages and participated in a couple of reality shows both solo and group. He has mastered many dance styles like Hip Hop, Contemporary, Salsa, Bharat Natyam, Chhau, Jazz and Bollyhop . Also trained by many renowned national and international dancers.

Jyotilaxmi Sahoo

Intructor(M Zone) Jyotilaxmi Sahoo is a very much capable dance trainer at the institution and is very popular among her students for her sincerity, trustworthiness and loveliest personality.

DATE OF BIRTH: 19.10.1998

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: Graduation

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: Nritya Alankara (equivalent to M.A.) in ODISSI DANCE

TRAINING:

Trained in Indian Classical Dance (Odissi) since 2003 as a disciple of Guru Dr. Pitambar Biswal and is still continuing. Trained in other National and International dance forms from her Guru Mandakini Jena.Attended workshops in different international Dance forms.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Strong knowledge of fitness training and warm up exercises.Ability to develop flexibility and mobility in students.Skilled with deep knowledges of basics of different dance forms.Skilled in assessing and improving dance skills of students.Motivated towards spreading positive vibes among the students

She is a trained classical dancer in ODISSI DANCE as a disciple of Guru Dr. Pitambar Biswal. She has completed her ALANKARA (equivalent to Master in Arts) in ODISSI DANCE certified from Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal, Mumbai. She was a very good learner and performer since her childhood. With deep knowledge of classical dance and a little knowledge of western dance forms she kept her dance career alive since 2003. Although she excelled in classical dance, still she wanted to learn and explore more dance forms including all kind of national and international dance forms. Hence, after completing her Bachelor's degree Science, she came across the influence of Mandakini Jena and joined M-Zone Dance Studio as a classical dance trainer. Due to her kin interest in learning new forms, she did learn all kind of western dance forms under the guidance of Mandakini Jena (Director, M-Zone Dance Studio). Now she is capable of giving dance trainings to students in both classical, Indian and western dance forms to students of all age categories.

Along with being the dance instructor inside the institution, she also visits different well established educational institutions (schools and colleges) as a dance choreographer to train students for different cultural events under the recommendation of M-Zone Dance Studio. With her both academic and professional qualifications she is giving a big hand for the development of dance in odisha as well as contributing in taking the institution to its height.