Compered by the head of the organisation, Sharmila Bandya-padhyay, veteran Tagore exponent Sanjida Khatun inaugurated the programme by lighting the mangalpradeep. Sharmila said, "This is the inaugural show as well as the official announcement of the year-long programmes that will be arranged by Nrityanandan. I have had the opportunity to take dance lessons in two of the most renowned institutions of the world: Uday Shankar Centre and Shantiniketan. I have learnt at both institutions that dance is the expression of the inner beauty and joy."

On the occasion, a keynote paper on the dance style introduced by Rabindranath Tagore was prepared by danseuse Lubna Mariam. Due to her indisposition, popular reciter Bhaswar Bandyapadhyay presented her paper. Bhaswar read, "It was Tagore who introduced a new style of dance that Bangalees could call their own. The style blended artistic movements belonging to different type of dances with Manipuri genre and gave it an innovative and modern look: this is the pure Rabindrik dance." Elaborating on the history of the dance style, Bhaswar read the chronological evolution of this genre through the practice and experiments by Tagore.

Explaining the features of the genre, Lubna wrote, "The characteristics of Tagore's dance are systematic training combined with individual aesthetic sense. The basic concept of the dance comes from the ecstatic expression of joy within." To portray the style Sharmila demonstrated a dance piece at this point with the song Amar angey angey ke bajay bashi.

Bhaswar read, "Although Manipuri and Kathakali were the main dance genres that were taught to the students of Shantiniketan, Tagore intended to include all type of dances; both oriental and western." To demonstrate, two dancers of Nrityanandan presented a dance piece with the song Ekhono jageni from the dance drama Chandalika.

Lubna concluded her paper with the statement that Tagore gave emphasis to the overall aesthetic presentation: not only the mudra, but also the stage, attire and music.

The next speaker at the show was cultural personality Aly Zaker. He said, "If we could evaluate Tagore's creation efficiently, we would have established a special genre of theatre. The practice and research on Tagore could have given our theatre a stand at the international level."

Sharmila demonstrated some dance pieces while Aly Zaker presented his observations on the features of Rabindrik dance. Rizwana Chowdhury Bonnya elaborately presented the gradual evolution of various Indian dance forms in Shantiniketan. Among others, Sanjida Khatun and artist Mustafa Monwar participated in the discussion.