Performing Arts

Bengali traditional dance, performed on a famous stage in Dhaka. In Bengali literature there is a special drama based on music and dance, called Ghitinatto. The great poet Tagore was a pioneer of Ghitinatto. This drama is popular to urban middle-class people.
There are four forms of classical dance in Bangladesh; Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Monipuri and Kathakali. All these classical forms of dance are rooted in the subcontinent for many years. Nowadays, dancers mainly originate from the urban middle-class. Bulbul Lalitkala Academy is the pioneer institution for teaching dance