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Indian Performing Arts Samskriti

Mission

The logo of Indian Performing Arts Samskriti reads as "Samskriti, Two Worlds. One stage", which says it all. Samskriti's mission is to be an efficient cultural conduit between India and the US through the presentation of the rich art forms of India to mainstream Houston audiences, and to promote greater cultural awareness and appreciation through collaborations between Indian and non Indian artists living in the US.

About

Samskriti means ‘cultural tradition’ in Sanskrit. In its twenty-eight years of operation, Samskriti has earned a high reputation as an arts organization specializing in programs that are unique in content and outstanding in artistic merit, such as “The Durga Project” by Jonathan Hollander’s Battery Dance Company (New York), Cleveland Cultural Alliance’s “The Living Tree”, Lushin Dubey’s “The Life of Gautama Buddha” from India, and Ramli Ibrahim’s “Krishna: Love Re-invented”, from Malaysia. These events have increased audience appreciation for the performing arts of India. Samskriti’s presentation of two very popular programs at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Incredible India and Bollywood Blast, have attracted  diverse audiences from all over Houston, the latter with audience numbers exceeding 8000 per show.  

Samskriti has organized many trailblazing seminars and conferences, two of them funded by the National Endowment for the Arts - “Indian Dance in the Diaspora”, the first international Indian dance conference in North America, with guest performers and speakers from India, Canada, UK and the US (2001), First International Kuchipudi Dance Conference (2003) and “Indian Dance in a Global Context” (2011).  Samskriti has collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts, the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Asia Society Texas Center, to present three arts related educational conferences - The Lesser Known Indian Painting Traditions (2007), Miracle on the Mountain (on the paintings of the world famous Ajanta caves - 2009) and Tanjore: A Confluence of Cultures (2010).

Samskriti is a leading organization that has enriched the Houston arts scene and has entertained and enlightened audiences with its presentations of the rich traditional art forms of India, and preserving and promoting them in Houston is a responsibility that Samskriti has taken seriously because Art and literature are a country’s greatest treasures.Samskriti means ‘cultural tradition’ in Sanskrit. In its twenty-eight years of operation, Samskriti has earned a high reputation as an arts organization specializing in programs that are unique in content and outstanding in artistic merit, such as “The Durga Project” by Jonathan Hollander’s Battery Dance Company (New York), Cleveland Cultural Alliance’s “The Living Tree”, Lushin Dubey’s “The Life of Gautama Buddha” from India, and Ramli Ibrahim’s “Krishna: Love Re-invented”, from Malaysia. These events have increased audience appreciation for the performing arts of India. Samskriti’s presentation of two very popular programs at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Incredible India and Bollywood Blast, have attracted  diverse audiences from all over Houston, the latter with audience numbers exceeding 8000 per show.  

Samskriti has organized many trailblazing seminars and conferences, two of them funded by the National Endowment for the Arts - “Indian Dance in the Diaspora”, the first international Indian dance conference in North America, with guest performers and speakers from India, Canada, UK and the US (2001), First International Kuchipudi Dance Conference (2003) and “Indian Dance in a Global Context” (2011).  Samskriti has collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts, the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Asia Society Texas Center, to present three arts related educational conferences - The Lesser Known Indian Painting Traditions (2007), Miracle on the Mountain (on the paintings of the world famous Ajanta caves - 2009) and Tanjore: A Confluence of Cultures (2010).

Samskriti is a leading organization that has enriched the Houston arts scene and has entertained and enlightened audiences with its presentations of the rich traditional art forms of India, and preserving and promoting them in Houston is a responsibility that Samskriti has taken seriously because Art and literature are a country’s greatest treasures.Samskriti means ‘cultural tradition’ in Sanskrit. In its twenty-eight years of operation, Samskriti has earned a high reputation as an arts organization specializing in programs that are unique in content and outstanding in artistic merit, such as “The Durga Project” by Jonathan Hollander’s Battery Dance Company (New York), Cleveland Cultural Alliance’s “The Living Tree”, Lushin Dubey’s “The Life of Gautama Buddha” from India, and Ramli Ibrahim’s “Krishna: Love Re-invented”, from Malaysia. These events have increased audience appreciation for the performing arts of India. Samskriti’s presentation of two very popular programs at the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Incredible India and Bollywood Blast, have attracted  diverse audiences from all over Houston, the latter with audience numbers exceeding 8000 per show.  

Samskriti has organized many trailblazing seminars and conferences, two of them funded by the National Endowment for the Arts - “Indian Dance in the Diaspora”, the first international Indian dance conference in North America, with guest performers and speakers from India, Canada, UK and the US (2001), First International Kuchipudi Dance Conference (2003) and “Indian Dance in a Global Context” (2011).  Samskriti has collaborated with the Museum of Fine Arts, the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the Asia Society Texas Center, to present three arts related educational conferences - The Lesser Known Indian Painting Traditions (2007), Miracle on the Mountain (on the paintings of the world famous Ajanta caves - 2009) and Tanjore: A Confluence of Cultures (2010).

Samskriti is a leading organization that has enriched the Houston arts scene and has entertained and enlightened audiences with its presentations of the rich traditional art forms of India, and preserving and promoting them in Houston is a responsibility that Samskriti has taken seriously because Art and literature are a country’s greatest treasures.

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