Dance fiesta enthralls northern audience

Artistes of Nikkon Nrittya Shilpi Gosthi are seen performing at the three-day-long dance festival in Bogra

The festival drew a huge audience as a number of fresh but promising dance artistes from 12 organisations from Dhaka, one from Bogra and another from Rajshahi performed modern, folk, Kathak, Bharat Nattayam and different other classical dances during the festival.

On the concluding day on October 17, Nikkon Nrittya Shilpi Gosthi of Rajshahi staged six items of mixed Bharat Nattayam and various classical dances. Their presentation of a dance number clad in T-shirts carrying photos of the seven Beer Shrestha of the Liberation War enthralled the audience as they enjoyed the dance performance in a pin-drop silence.

At the end of the dance, the region's eminent dancer and regional president of dance artistes' association Hasib Panna spoke to the audience. Eminent columnist and journalist Kamal Lohani also attended the concluding day as the chief guest.