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Kala The Arts - South Asian Dance

Welcome to Kala The Arts


​Kala The Arts is the leading South Asian Dance organisation in the region.  We are also the leading Odissi Dance organisation in the UK.  We run a wide range of many different community and educational programmes.  We work in partnership with many different arts and other organisations. 

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​PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES & PRODUCTIONS 

Kala is the leading Odissi Dance Company in
the UK and also works with leading South Asian musicians.  

The Artistic Director Sushmita Pati is  an international Choreographer who choreographs new productions working in partnerships with
creative partners.

Kala creates work with leading award winning professional South Asian dancers, commissions well known composers and visual arists for creative productions. 

We also deliver Artist Development programmes.


​COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Kala has 25 years experience of working with
​a wide variety of partners, local councils, arts
and heritage organisations, museums, to
​create social awareness and engaging projects and programmes to reach different
communities.
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Over the last 2 years due to Covid these
projects have helped with social isolation and health and well being. 

This short clip is an example of our flagship project, Diwali (Deepali) Light It Up in 2021 Parade 

​EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES

Kala runs successful dance and music classes and workshops across a wide range of South Asian dance and music forms. 

Kala The Arts works with various schools across the County on a regular basis delivering health and well being projects, music, visual arts, creative projects and dance projects. Through our programmes schools receive arts awards and also it helps them promote physical health, diversity and inclusion and creative arts programmes. 

Kala also runs training for teachers, headteachers health workers, Primary care workers, museum staff, parents, community workers, venues, cultural providers and politicians.

​To date Kala has worked with 266 schools across Hampshire and Berkshire.
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Kala The Arts, c/o BVA, The Orchard, Basingstoke, RG21 4AF. Reg Charity 1076790 Reg Company 03686034
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