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Merlegrace O'Brien (Futurist & Odissi Danseuse)
Merlegrace, known to some as Maharishakti (divine creative woman), was born on 02nd April 1970 on the Cape Flats, South Africa. She is one of the world's few women futurists, rated among the top 5 in Africa, a professional Odissi danseuse and scholar of creative intelligence. A student of H.H, Sri Sri Ravishankar, she is the founder of An Eve(n) World Foundation, Creation iLab (www.creationilab.com) and Odissi Niketan Africa which produces the Temple of Dance festival. She is recognised as Africa's foremost exponent of Odissi, one of India's oldest classical dance forms dating 2000 years ago. She obtained her foundation training in Odissi under Smt Yogini Gandhi in Pune and its finest gurus in Orissa; the source of the dance form. Merlegrace is recognised as a thoughtleader in intelligent design innovation, especially for the developing world. In 2015, she was diagnosed with systemic sclerosis, one of the world's rarest auto-immune diseases for which there has been no cure. She continues to lead special projects that serve her vision of inspiring creativity that leads to a more beautiful, peaceful and sustainable world.