Shibli Mohammad is the leading male dancer of Bangladesh. He is the co-director of Nrityanchal with dance partner Shamim Ara Nipa and coordinator Muhammad Jahangir. His dancing career started in Lucknow at the Bhatkande Music College in 1982, where he studied under Purnima Pande. Two years later, became the first Bangladeshi disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj, the legendary Kathak dancer. Not wanting to restrict his training to just Indian classical he went to London in 1992 and studied Ballet, Tap, Jazz and Contemporary before coming back to Bangladesh and becoming a professional dancer and teacher.