Culture Desk
Classical Dance Festival at BSA next month Caption: Srishti Director and dancer Anisul Islam Hero announces the Srishti-Meena Bazar Dance Drama Festival 2017, to be held from November 1-4, at a press conference on October 23.
Centre and Meena Bazar are set to jointly organize a four-day classical dance event titled “Srishti-Meena Bazar Dance Drama Festival 2017” from November 1 to 4. Srishti Director and dancer Anisul Islam Hero made the announcement at a press conference on Monday.
Popular dance and theater artistes like Shibli Mohammad, Shamim Ara Nipa, Anisul Islam Hiru, Sukalyan Bhattacharya, Dolly Iqbal, Sabrina Nisa, Liaquat Ali Lucky, Roksana Akter Rupsa, Warda Rihab, Sabbir Ahmed Khan Biju will be seen in these dance dramas.
The organizers said that Tasher Desh of Rabindranath Tagore will be staged on the inauguration day of the festival (November 1) while Rai Krishna Padabali of Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, Alibaba and Forty Thieves based Badi-Bandar Rupkatha will be staged on November 2 and 3.
Sonai Madhab, a story from Mymensingh Geetika that depicts a tale of romantic tragedy between Sonai and Madhab will bring the curtain down of the festival on November 4. Each dance drama productions will be staged at Shilpakala Academy at 7:00pm.
The ticket prices will vary from Tk100 to 500, depending on the age and capability of buyers, while Tk100 has been fixed for student tickets. Tickets will be available at all Meena Bazar outlets in Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara and Dhanmondi. Anyone who visits for the first three days of the festival will get free entry on the fourth day. Entrance for the media is free.
The Srishiti Cultural Academy was founded on January 1, 1994, by Anisul Islam Hero. Pioneering the use of Bharatanatyam classical and modern dance alongside traditional Bangladeshi forms, Srishti strives to promote awareness of social issues such as Women’s Rights, the Environment, and HIV/AIDS.
