Kathak Dance classes begin

The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, High Commission of India was beain Kathak Dance classes in the New Chancery Complex of the commission in Baridhara here from July 1

Country’s eminent Kathak dancer Munmun Ahmed  was the dance teacher, said a release of Indian High Commission  on Wednesday.

Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringlal inaugurated the classes at 10.30 am on the HIC premises.

Over 80 candidates have registered for the course. A six-month course of basic Kathak training for two days a week will be conducted and certificates will be awarded to the candidates at the end of the course, it also said.

Munmun Ahmed has received her Diploma Honours and Post Diploma degrees in Kathak from the Kathak Kendra in New Delhi, under the guidance of the famous Kathak exponent of India, Pandit Birju Maharaj’ reports internet.