Bay News Network, Visakhapatnam: The Nataraj Music and Dance Academy (NMDA) is hosting a two day All India Male Classical Dance festival  at Kalabharathi auditorium. The programme will be starting from Wednesday.

Informing this to the media the NMDA Founder President Bathina Vikram Goud said that about 12 classical dancers including local talent, would participate from five states in the fesival.

The festival will be inaugurated by  art-critic V.A.K. Ranga Rao on the Indian traditional dances and the importance of male dancers on the second day the fete will start with the address of Dr. Vedantham Ramalinga Sastri, Principal of Kuchipudi Siddendra yogi Kala Peetham. There is no entrance fee for the festival.