YUVA is a collaborative choreography and performance platform for young and talented Indian classical artists (dance and music), curated and presented by Silambam Houston. YUVA strives to catalyze collaboration and creativity among young upcoming artists in the Indian classical arts and to encourage them to 'find their artistic voice'. YUVA Artists, selected from among a pool of applicants, collaborate to create new artistic works for presentation at the YUVA festival.
YUVA 2025 features 10 talented artists from across the globe, and will take place on September 6, 2025.
The artists of the 2025 cohort represent a range of Indian and other arts genres, including Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, contemporary dance, Carnatic vocal and veena, mridangam, tabla, nattuvangam, and konnakol. They have been working together for months to create a new collaborative work, titled
‘Samashti: Ten Avataras, One Destiny’
Scroll down to learn more about the YUVA 2025 artist cohort!
Buy Tickets to YUVA 2025!
Tickets are ‘pay what you can’ until Aug 24.
You set the price, and your purchase allows us to compensate the emerging artists who are the creative backbone of YUVA 2025.
This program will not be livestreamed; however, a video-on-demand option will be made available for a limited time after the event.
YUVA 2025 Artists
Click or hover on each tile to learn more about each of the talented artists of the YUVA 2025 cohort!
CREDITS
Concept, Direction, Choreography:
YUVA 2025 Cohort
Supporting Artist: Srikar Satish (flute)
Lighting and Stage Management:
Kaavya Rajarathnam
Rehearsal Space:
Silambam Houston Cultural Arts Center
Performance Space:
Marie Spence Flickinger Fine Arts Center at San Jacinto College South Campus
Facilitated and Presented by:
Silambam Houston
Previous editions of YUVA
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