World Dance Day Celebrations 2018

The International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute ( ITI – UNESCO) decided the International Dance Day to be celebrated every year on the 29^th of April, in 1982. The date commemorates the birthday of Jean – Georges Noverre,who was born in 1727 and is considered to have been a great reformer of dance.

World Dance Day 2018 was celebrated by the West Bengal Dance Group Federation with the following activities :

1. Dance Workshop in Indian Contemporary Dance Style

Conducted by : Smt.Sangeeta Sharma,Director,’Anveshana Society for Performing Arts’, New Delhi, from April 23^rd to 28^th.,2018

Venue: Udayan Kalakendra (Dance Institution of Mamata Shankar Dance Company),

1. Activities held on Sunday April 29^th.2018 – 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

• Venue: Rabindra Sadan
• Inauguration: Guru’s, Eminent Choreographers &  Dignitaries
• Presentation: Workshop participants – Choreographer- Sangeeta Sharma
• Performances by Eminent Dance Groups of West Bengal
• Vote of Thanks.

GROUP’S PERFORMING ON WORLD DANCE DAY 2018 AT RABINDRA SADAN

1. SUBHANGIK,2. HRITAAL,3. DANCER’S GUILD
2. BRAHMA KAMAL,5. MAMATA SHANKAR DANCE COMPANY
3. BHABNA DANCE TROUPE,7. JALSA CHANDRA PERFORMING TROUPE
4. KAJRI,9. NRITTYODOY,10. KALAPI,11. TRINTINI DANCE RESEARCH CENTRE,12. KRISHTI SRIRANGAM,13. BELUR SINJINI,14. GOBARDANGA SRIJANI ,15.     MEITEI JAGOI