“Classical Dancer Amarnath Ghosh was shot dead in St.Louis USA in February 2024”, Esamskriti, March 5, 2024:

“A young, brilliant classical dancer from India goes to USA on a full fellowship to graduate with an MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, believing to be in a ‘greater’ nation, closer to his dreams.

From a brilliant first performance on 15th, 2023 at the Battery Dance Festival in New York City, the 34 year old Amarnath Ghosh tragically disappeared from a street corner in St. Louis on the 27th of February. Him disappearing without a trace prompted his friends to report to the police who later informed that Amarnath had been shot multiple times as he walked across the 5100 block of Delmar near Clarendon. Amarnath succumbed to his injuries on the scene, a about a mile away from his apartment.

Over the last year and a half, Amarnath had been training young dance students in various American cities, including Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. He was selected by Washington University in 2023, as its representative at the American College Dance Festival, where he made his mark professionally. He was popular among his peers and professors because of his warmth and gregariousness…..”

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