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Classical Dancing Festival at Tezpur from Apr 26

Two-days-long Indian Classical Dancing Festival is going to be held at Baan Theater, Tezpur on April 26-27 on the occcasion of the World Dance Day. Number of national artist will take part and perform in the festival. Gobinda Mahanta (Gayan Bayan), Bipul Singha (Manipuri), Puja Gupta (Kathak), Pravakar Goswami  (Sattriya ), SarbaniNandy (Odissi ), Minu Das, Ritamoni Das (Kathak), Boby Chakraborty (KuchiPudi), Dimpy Baishya (Satriya) etc will be taing part. 

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