Soorya Performing Arts

05/11/2026

Hello Raleigh's Indian classical dancers,

American Natya Idol will be coming this weekend to Raleigh. Please Join us watching lots of talents.

Venue: The Forum by Taurya, 4000 Bear Cat Way STE 100,
Morrisville, NC 27560

Date: Saturday May 16th, 2026 - 4:30 Pm - 9:00PM

More details on https://natya.org/raleigh-natya-idol/

Tickets available to watch teh competition at https://app.featsclub.com/event-ticket.html?VRRrPSgZtfRUmPWM4O1WW1kTVmx1/c9Ec6pk0tJYSBLbEvsZf

05/01/2026

Dear Friends,

American Natya Idol proudly presents its 13th Natya Idol competition in San Francisco Bay area with the support of many gurus such NIrmala Madhava, Aparna Sindhoor, Roopa Shyamasundar, Surabhi Bharadwaj and in coordination from our good old friend - Ryan Nathan of Shanmuga Theater.

We are receiving support from many volunteers from across the city and from other cities for this event. We are very happy Fremont Temple has been very helpful in giving us the venue.

Now we have done our homework. We invite all the classical dance lovers, Indian cultural aficionados to come and enjoy the show in the Bay area.

Tickets are $5 online until today evening. It will be $10 at the gate from tomorrow morning 8:00 AM

Purchase tickets at FeatsClub - https://app.featsclub.com/event-ticket.html?VRRrPSgZtfRUmPWM4O1WW1kTVmx1/sVIbs0VqjajIxAoORfz5

It is this Saturday - May 2nd 2026 at the Vedic Dharma Samaj Fremont Hindu Temple, SARASWATHI HALL, 3676 Delaware Dr, Fremont, CA 94538.

Natya Idol competition is from 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Rising Star from 7 PM

04/24/2026

04/23/2026

Celebrating international Dance Day in New York City as a part of American Natya Idol series on Sunday April 26th, 2026, please join us and witness these young professional artists as well as Gurus from across USA. Please spread the word and come celebrate with us!

04/19/2026

Thanks to Chicago Dance gurus for sending their students and supporting American Natya Idol. Today we had 36+ teams with 58 dancers .Hundreds of people witnessed the event.

Special thanks to Guru Asha Adiga and her students for helping with coordination.

One more small step bringing classical dancers on a great platform.

04/13/2026

Hello all

We had a great turnout in Atlanta and DC/Baltimore

Loved watching amazing performances by the future stars of Indian classical dances of USA.

Sharing few pictures

Thanks to volunteers in Atlanta led by Guru Soujanya Madhusudhan . It was wonderful to have Pushyami gaaru help us.

Thanks to Prerana Srinivasan, Sangeetha, Sarita and Subramanya helping us in Murugan temple at DC/Baltimore competitions .

We welcome all winners to Nationals

04/10/2026

https://natya.org/atlanta-natya-idol-2026/

Please attend dance performances by "RISING STARS" in Chinmaya Mission in Alpharetta, GA on Saturday, April 11, 2026 - from 7:00 - 8:00 PM. This is an initiative to support Indian classical dances in USA. We request all classical dance lovers to come and encourage these artists, who won American Natya Idol in 2025.

04/10/2026

https://natya.org/baltimore-washington-dc-natya-idol/

Please attend dance performances by "RISING STARS" in Murugan Temple in Baltimore on Sunday, April 12, 2026 - from 4:30 - 6:00 PM. This is an initiative to support Indian classical dances in USA. We request all classical dance lovers to come and encourage these artists, who won American Natya Idol in 2025.

04/05/2026

Wonderful presentation of dance in the holy shrine of Lord Sri Krishna . Guru Indrani Parthasarathy and her husband are wonderful supporters of Indian classical dance and music. They are indeed one if the great pillar of Indian heritage activities in Greater Houston. Indrani’s school volunteers are amazing Mrs Sudha
Mrs Savitha, Mrs Krithika, Mrs Anitha, Mrs Shillpa, Mrs Manjula helped a lot. Hema supported on Audio full time. Huge help for us.

Tara , Sara, Chetan helped immensely.

Thanks to our wonderful judges - Kiran and Nisha

Amazing shows … we all enjoyed. We welcome all those winners to 17th American Natya Festival on June 12-14

Thank you Houston