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| Shafiqul Alam Dudu |
Dance is called mother of all cultures. To establish the dance art
in Kurigram, Shafiqul Alam Dudu has been contributing on it for last 42 years.
His fighting will have continued up to death.
Dudu is a dance trainer of the district unit of Bangladesh Shilpacola Academy
and Assistant Teacher of Kurigram Shisu Niketon (school). His educational
qualification is BA. He is an only trained dance teacher in Kurigram.
He born in Kurigram town in 1953 and involved himself with dance art in 1961.
His first teachers in dance were Jakia Ahmed and Utpal Nandi. At first he
performed on stage in 1963.
He is involved with Kurigram unit of
Bangladesh Shilpacola Academy as a dance trainer in 1975.
Later he went to Singapur for job. Beside
his job profession he took training on different events of dance to a famous
dance artist Banasshree Shen Gupta in 1980 to 1985.
In Singapur he performed in drama dance on
'Chandalika'
of Bengali poet Rabindra nath Tagor in the Singapur Victoria Memorial
Auditorium in 1982. He participated in various dances programmes with direction
in the national functions were staged in Singapur.
He directed the drama dances on 'Kabor' of Bengali
poet Jashim Uddin and 'Kono Ayk Gayer Badhu' of
Bengali poet Shalil Chawdhury.
After returning home (Bangladesh) in 1985, he joined again with the academy as
dance teacher having no trained teacher in Kurigram. Then he joined with
Kurigram Shisu Niketon (school) as Assistant Teacher in 1988.
He took training on 'producing drama' in 1992 and 'Drama art' organised by
training faculty of Bangladesh Shilpacola Academy in Dhaka in 1993.
As an acceptance of his contribution, he was awarded by various organisations
including Rangpur Dance Artist Association in 2003 and Advocate Nazir Hossen
Memorial Parishad in 2008. Besides, he received another awards on classical
dance, folk dance and normal dance (Loghu Nritta) in
different times.
He (Dudu) is a listed artist of Radio Banglasesh, founder president of the
district Dance Artist Association and Vice-president of Dance Artists'
Association of Rangpur Division.
Dudu told that he taught more than four hundred students on dance but a few of
all have signed in the field. Of them, BTV artist Nahid Ferdous Meghna and BTV
listed artist Binita Alam may be mentioned, he added.
He said, "Kurigram is a backward region. Some religious causes worked as
resist for learning dance. None is interested to learn the dance due to
economic matter. Many students wants to be performer, but do not want to be
artist. They only perform for a hobby. But there is a great want of
professionalism here".
He said, "The dance-learning may be suspended here if I stop the culture.
I am being aged but none is being trained up as a trainer in the culture here.
As a result my daughter (Binita Alam) is being made as a trainer such that she
can keep the continuation in my absence".
But I want to have involved and want to
work with the dance culture up to death such that a well organization of dance
is made in Kurigram, he added.
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