new delhi in a first of its kind a romanian ballet and indian odissi fusion will take place at the 4th international ancient arts festival and symposium 2013 at kamani auditorium on wednesday and thursday the unique dance recital will include romanian ballet dancers from bucharest national opera house bnoh performing along with odissi danseuse and spiritualist reela hota dancers from bnoh are bogdan canila andra ionete and cristina dijmaru free passes for the festival are available at kamani cottage khan market and odisha emporium the highlight of the twoday festival will be the special focus on ancient languages especially sanskrit through a seminar the festival will bring together modern and traditional scholars from the usa and australia to demonstrate the scientific basis of traditional arts and their integration in our day to day lives this will be followed by a performance by vocalists pandit rajansajan mishra the aim of this festival is to highlight how music dance and vital therapeutic practices in traditional systems of healing can combine to meet todays lifestyle challenges the special focus is on sanskrit as its verses are believed to have a powerful impact on our physical and mental health says hota festival director and founder member of rays of wisdom society that organises this festival in collaboration with iccr union ministry of culture and up tourism the festival will begin on wednesday with a talk can sound heal by mandara cromwell from usa cromwell is the founder of the international sound therapy association the talk will be followed by sanskrit the mantra bhasha fusion dance on the healing aspect of ancient languages by dancers from bnoh and hota the balletodissi performance will begin with mangalacharana a swasti vandana which is an invocation to the primordial sound this will be followed by pure dance depicting the splitting of primordial sound energy into two forces a centripetal negative force and a centripetal positive one this will be followed by abhinaya a dance showing the use of common sanskrit words and the stimulation of the relevant chakras the finale depiction titled mokshya will show human evolution by the usage of mantras using sanskrit in ones daily lives stimulates the chakras in the body releasing the divine energy within gradually the physical body that is made up of sound energy is so refined that it merges with the cosmic sound says hota on thursday the festival will hold a talk psychodrama as a living process by sue daniel from australia daniel is the director of the psychodrama institute of melbourne this will be followed by a classical recital by vocalists rajan and sajan mishra the festival will also showcase artworks by underprivileged children sculptures by manissha khanna and yogic kits by bijoylaxmi hota