The 4th St. Louis International Indian Dance Festival - 2012
- is occurring on
April 20,21,22
at
Clayton High School Auditorium
Please visit our webpage :
http://www.sooryadance.com/html/2012/stlidf-2012-index.htm
OLD NEWS
Call for Artists
4th - International St. Louis Indian Dance Festival-2012
Soorya Performing Arts, a St. Louis based ‘not-for-profit’ organization,
successfully conducted St. Louis Indian Dance Festival in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
It is planning to bring together artists representing Bharathanatyam, Kathak,
Kuchipudi, Mohini Attam, Odissi and other styles on one platform again in the
upcoming 2012 festival. This will provide a great avenue for traditions and also
for innovative artists, hence strives to create a balance of rends between
tradition and innovation.
Indian classical dances have been practiced and perfected for nearly two
thousand years. The first text book of Indian Performing Arts – “Natya Shastra”,
written two millennia ago, provided valuable information on Theater and
Performing arts for artists and art-students for many centuries. Most of the
Indian performing arts including dance, music and theater have been developed
further and enhanced based on this great resource.
St. Louis Indian Dance Festival brings alive this dance tradition to the Greater
St. Louis area in its 4th International Indian Dance Festival by bringing in
classical and folk dancers from India, Canada, Europe and USA. The
second-generation Indian Americans, who have made this proud country their home,
will present their performing arts, which they have mastered in the USA with
their Gurus. This will bring a rare opportunity for St. Louis audience to
witness the great Indian Performing Arts
The venue is the Clayton High School auditorium and the 3-day festival will be
held on April 20, 21 & 22 of 2012.
Artists who are interested in performing in the 2012 festival, feel free to
contact at info@sooryadance.com.
The applications (Bio data, Video clips, Press reviews and references) must be
received by 15th Jan 2012 to the following address –
Soorya Performing Arts, 268 Arbor Crest Drive, Ballwin, MO 63021, USA. We will
notify the selection of the artists by first week of Feb 2012. Selected artists
will be provided with a reasonable remuneration, stage, boarding and lodging,
publicity.
Our activities are generously supported by the grants from
Missouri Arts Council and Regional Arts Commission of Greater St. Louis and
by the support of House of India, Mayuri India Restaurant, International
Diamond, Seema Enterprises, Abhinaya and other appreciative donors