Mission Statement
Soorya Performing Arts is a principle organization devoted to preserving, propagating through imparting training, and performance of Indian Performing arts. Its basic mission is to enrich the cultural diversity and artistic excellence in the state of Missouri and across the Greater United States of America. In order to carry out or mission, Soorya shall:
- Provide high quality training and teaching of classical and folk performing art forms such as dance, music and theater from India.
- Organize high quality professional and amateur dance, music, folk, and drama performances from India.
- Arrange training and cross-artistic performances through residencies in schools and colleges in the city and rural areas.
- Arrange festivals, seminars, workshops and demonstrations for better enjoyment and appreciation of South Asian Performing Art forms br />
- Create innovative dance, music and theater productions in co-operation with local, state and national companies.
- Award recognition to those served in performing arts.
- Establish dance competitions and provide rewards/recognition for the excellence.
- Work with learning disability and mentally handicapped children and provide them an enjoyment of dance and music.
- Establish student scholarships and internships to foster learning of arts among young generation.
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Soorya
Performing Arts is
an organization
dedicated to promote
Indian classical
dance, music and
theater from India
in USA. It has
dedicated to share
the knowledge of
traditional art
forms of Indian
civilization which
are rooted in its
tradition and
culture for many
millennia. Under
Soorya’s umbrella
classical dance
forms such as
Bharathanatyam and
Kathak; classical
music form such as
Carnatic music are
taught on by devoted
teachers.
Till
now it has educated
many thousand
students since its
inception.
(Guru Prasanna
Kasthuri with his
teacher Guru
Narmada)
As an event
organizer it has
provided opportunity
to perform to
several hundred
talented artists
from USA, India,
Canada, Europe
through its
pioneering efforts
through St. Louis
Indian Dance
Festival, St. Louis
Indian Music
Festival and NATAKA
– a theater
festival. It has led
the non-profit
artistic activity
with the help of
many like-minded
entities such as
Missouri Arts
Council, Regional
Arts Commission and
many patron
businesses, and art
loving patrons.
Soorya
performing arts is
instrumental in
bringing classics
such as the 2nd
century Sanskrit
play – “Mruchcha
Katika” for the
first time in
Midwest USA. It has
produced much
acclaimed
productions such as
RAINBOW-2, which has
brought the poems of
legends such as
Shakespeare,
Wordsworth and civil
liberty poet - Maya
Angelou and many
more. This is the
only organization
which brought the
legendary
Padmavibhushan
Pandit Birju
Maharajji to St.
Louis, MO to this
day.
Under its
Artistic director
Guru Prasanna
Kasthuri, it has
laid a great vision
of Indian – American
artistic
collaborations,
which represents the
two greatest
democracies on the
face of Earth.
Come and join Soorya
Performing Arts to
enjoy the beauty of
Indian performing
art form and its
collaboration with
modern world.