Tagore University of Creative Arts (TUCA) organised a dance competition and prize-giving ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate Nazrul Year, highlighting the literary and cultural legacy of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Organised by the university’s Department of Dance, the event took place at the Fazlul Huq Auditorium. The programme began with a dance competition at 11:00am, followed by a prize-giving ceremony and special dance performances at 4:30pm, said a press release on Wednesday.
TUCA Board of Trustees Chairman Robin Khan attended the event as chief guest. Special guests included Bangladesh Folk Culture Society President Mina Mohammad Nazrul Islam, recitation artiste Tito Munshi and playwright Masum Reza.
The competition was judged by Jahangirnagar University Department of Drama and Dramatics Associate Professor Shoma Mumtaz, TUCA Department of Theatre Head Sydur Rahman Lipon and TUCA Department of Music Head Md Arifur Rahman.
TUCA Department of Dance Resource Person Saju Ahmed said the competition aimed at presenting the artistic richness, humanistic values and cultural diversity of Nazrul’s works through dance.
Earlier in August, TUCA established a dedicated ‘Nazrul Corner’ at its National Professor Anisuzzaman-Writer Begum Rabeya Khatun Central Library to commemorate the poet’s 50th death anniversary, the press release added.
