: : Ananda Shankar - Ananda Shankar Foundation

Ananda Shankar Foundation is an organisation which aims at promoting Ananda Shankar’s style of creative arts and fulfilling the hopes, aspirations and visions of one of the pioneers of fusion music. Other than imparting training in the creative style of dance, we would like to preserve the rich cultural and spiritual heritage of our country. We would help spread cultural consciousness amongst the people.

Ananda Shankar Foundation aims to continue the cultural legacy of the legendary dancer, Uday Shankar and his illustrious son, Ananda Shankar, who was trained in Indian classical music and was later exposed to western influences. His pioneering efforts led to the culmination and creation of the new age music which is vibrant and poignant. His music has the powers of transcending all man-made barriers.

To begin with, we would like to focus on the following aspects:-

We hope to organize major cultural festivals of an international standard annually at various cities providing a platform for young, local upcoming talents. Seminars, workshops and exchange programmes with the international artistes will help enrich our arts.

One of the Foundation’s key area of work would be to encourage the youth to be progressive and modern in the field of performing arts without moving away from our Indian roots and identity.

As the Foundation grows, we would like to concentrate on the following:-

We hope to provide for financial support to initiate projects of artistes, thereby enabling them to be self sufficient in the long run.

We hope to provide for financial support to the artistes both during their tenure of service and after retirement.

The Foundation intends to provide scholarships for the meritorious students at renowned national and international institutions.

Creation of an archive for preserving the numerous works of Ananda Shankar.

In order to give fruition to our dreams and aspirations, we seek your active support and advice. We would like you to hold our hands as we learn to take our early steps.

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