M Zone || Trainers

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.

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.