State Minister for Cultural Affairs Selima Rahman was the chief guest while Harry K Thomas, US Ambassador to Bangladesh was the special guest.

In the words of Dr Kanta Jamil, daughter of legendary dance couple Gowher Jamil and Rawshan Jamil, 'Every year we arrange a dance session. This year we wanted to celebrate it on May, as it is the month of birth as well as death anniversary of Rawshan Jamil a stalwart of dance. In today's session we will display 13 compositions. Of these, Jele Nritto (fishermen's dance) and Murong (name of a tribe) were composed by my father and nritto guru Gowher Jamil. The other dances are choreographed recently. Belayet Hossain Khan, the principal of Jago Art Centre and myself have composed the dances. Shurjomukhi another dance sequence was composed by Sultana Hayder.'

Harry K Thomas said,' I would like to mention that we are looking for fields where we can sponsor the rich Bangladeshi culture.'

The programme started with a group composition titled Pushpanjoli (floral offering) to offer homage to the guru and to show respect to the spectators. The trend of the composition is Bharat Natyam composed by Belayet Hossain Khan. Tillana, composed by Belayet Hossain Khan, belongs to the same genre while the other folk compositions, titled Baishakh, Shohag Chand, Alta Chhona, Dhutura Phul, Jele Nritto, Nitol Paye, Shurjomukhi, Taar Banshi, and Gramyo Mela represent the rural culture of our country. Murong, choreographed by Gowher Jamil is an ethnic composition.

Locals as well as foreign viewers enjoyed the presentation of the troupe.