Mashrur Rahman, a contemporary dancer and choreographer, will perform along with brief discussion on contemporary dance at the EMK Center on August 22.
The program, EMK Platform Presents: Let’s Talk about Dance, will highlight small segments of contemporary dance, followed by brief discussions with the audience after each performance. It includes six to seven different pieces of different varieties to create an understanding of how contemporary dance can have variations, through the use of music, style, technique and props.
Mashrur Rahman was first exposed to dance when he went to the University of Texas in Dallas in 2007. Under the arts and performance department, he took courses on contemporary dance, jazz and ballet. As the years advanced, he had performed under renowned international choreographers such as Renana Raz from Israel, Birgitt Bodingbauer from Germany and Lily Cai from China. Soon enough, he became a regular member of the UTD dance ensemble and travelled to American College Dance Festivals. He also helped establish and sustain the contemporary dance club at his university.
After coming back to Dhaka, he has taken dance workshops at Jaatra Biroti and also performed with Shadhona under the direction of Donald Byrd of Spectrum Dance Theater.
Tickets will be available at EMK Center prior to the event.
