Shibli Mohammad is a Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer. He is the co-director of "Nrityanchal Dance Company".

Early life and education

Mohammad was born on 4th September 1958 in Mohammadpur, Dhaka to Shahid Salimullah (d. 1971) and Begum Jebunnesa Salimullah (d. 2023). Mohammad completed his

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from

Jahangir Nagar University Jahangirnagar University ( JU) is a publicly funded university located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh. It operated as a project until 1973, when the 'Jahangirnagar Muslim University Act' w ...

. He took dance lessons from Kartic Singh, Ajit Dey and Anita Dey at the Chhayanaut in Dhaka. He was awarded an Indian Government scholarship to train. He was taught by Shreemati Purnima Pande at the Bhatkhande Music Institute in

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. Next he studied under Birju Maharaj in

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. He also received training in

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and

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, as well as tap and

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for a year at the London Ballet Theatre School.

Career

Mohammad was the principal male dancer at the Shilpakala Academy. Since 2007, he and

Shamim Ara Nipa Shamim Ara Nipa is a Bangladeshi dancer and choreographer. She serves as a director of ''Nrityanchal Dance Company''. She was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in the category of choreography in 2017. Career Nipa got her firs ...

have been running a television show ''Tarana'' on BTV.

Personal life

Mohammad has 9 siblings, 4 sisters Parvin, Nasreen, twins Yasmeen & Nazneen and 5 brothers Shahjahan, Shameem,

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, Shoeb & Sohail. He is the 5th sibling. His father, Salimullah, was killed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.His elder brothers Shahjahan, Shameem and

and elder sister Parvin Alam are all deceased.It is rumored that he did live-together with dancer Nipa though Nipa was married with famous dancer Hasan Imam that time from whom she later got divorce for that reason.

Awards

* Ekushey Padak 2024 * UNESCO award for Best Bangladeshi dancer * George Harrison Award for Dance * Jaijaidin Award * Bachsas Award * Prothom Alo Award * Lux Channel I Award

Early life and education

Career

Personal life

Awards

References

Further reading