The chief guest at the event of the last day of the Festival, Abdul Moyeen Khan -- Minister for Science and Information Technology, conveyed his delectation at the celebration held at such a grand scale this year. Special guest, Amanullah Chowdhuy -- the secretary of Bulbul Lalit Kala Academy reminisced how there was a time when the presence of the dance artistes in our cultural arena was not strongly felt and now the whole country is commemorating dance as an art form.

Other cultural personalities present at the event were, Rahiza Khanam Jhunu -- president of Bangladesh Dancers' Association's central section and Shaju Ahmed -- the general secretary of the association.

The show started with a dance presentation with the song Anjali loho mor, by Chayyanaut. The presentation was directed by Sharmila Bandyapadhdhaya. A folk dance with a Bhawaiya song, Gorur gadir dui chaka directed by Nazmul Huq Lenin and performed by artistes from Mymensingh, followed. The light-hearted and fast paced number was cheered on by the audience.

A graceful Kathak dance directed by Shaju Ahmed and performed by artistes from Bogra, received a round of applause from the audience. Dancers from Chittagong performed a Bharatnatyam presentation. Child artistes from Nawabganj Sangeet Academy amazed everyone with their well co-ordinated performance of a folk dance with the song, Moina cholat cholat choley.

Jhankar Lalit Kala Academy dancers performed a joyous presentation with Amar Bangladesher ektarar shur kotoi bhalobashi. An interesting incident: while performing a Jhumur dance, the artistes from Sylhet were so focused with their performance that their khadus (anklet) came off, but the performance was not hindered. In fact, one artiste's ghungroo (anklet with bells ) became loose and was getting in her way while dancing. She gracefully took the loose ghungroo off and carried on as if nothing had happened. Needless to say, the presentation was well received.

Other institutions such as, Benuka Lalit Kala Kendra, Shukannya Nrittyangan, Kathakoli Sangeet Viddyalay, Kathak Nrittya Shampraday, Sharara Dal, Shurangama Sangeet Academy, Natraj, Hindol Sangeet Academy and Meghshurjo also participated at the event.

Since the dawn of human civilisation, dance has been a form of communication and self-expression. Hence, it is the true universal language. This notion was reflected and became prominent at the National Dance Festival '05.