Dhaka: The Indira Gandhi Culture Centre will host an evening of Bharatnatyam dance recital with Amit Chowdhury and Manipuri dance recital with Sweety Das at 6:30pm on 4 September, 2015 at the centre’s Gulshan branch in Dhaka.

Amit Choudhury obtained MA degree in classical Bharatnatyam from Rabindra Bharati University in 2010. He is working for the past three years as a choreographer for Shadhona, one of the leading cultural institutions of Bangladesh. He is also a faculty member of Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology Dance Department and a guest teacher at the Department of Theatre and Performing Studies in Dhaka University. He also teaches in Kalpataru Dance School.

Choudhury has conducted three Tagore dance drama namely Mayar Khela, Fireflies, and ‘Aai Amader Aongone under the supervision of Shadhona. He also played the main role in Tagore’s Tasher Desh for Shadhona.

Sweety Das, a Manipuri dancer received her MA degree from Rabindra Bharati University. In 2005, she completed a senior course from the Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe (Udayan). She has opened a dance school Nrityangan where both Manipuri dance and ballet are taught.