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Grateful to everyone who made Natya Utsav so special- , artists from the Seattle area, volunteers, sponsors and community members who came together to dance, learn, and connect through the arts this past weekend.

Special thank you to and Michael Welch for bringing in visual and literary art to the festival this year! Thank you to for beautifully presenting and emceeing the event and helping bring the entire experience together. Sangeetha Prasad and babu for conducting an engaging quiz and inspiring young talent.

PC: Keerthi Shenoy

Gratitude to and for the support without which a festival of this scale would not be possible!

Final schedule for the day! Hope see you all!

Exploring the elements through storytelling: Akshaya Arunkumar and Krishna Tejaswi will present a production on Space in collaboration with Vilasini Subramanian on nattuvangam Veena Girish on vocal Anish Mandyam on Mridangan and Rama Muthukumarvon Veena.

Please join us at 3:15 pm on Saturday, May 9th.

We are extremely delighted to have Latha Pat be part of Natya Utsav 2026 and present the segment Confluence of the Dances of India with the unique vision of bringing together dance, music, visual art, and literary expression.
We deeply appreciate her efforts in helping us create a space where artists and art lovers can celebrate art as one shared experience and bringing together Sweety Sarada Arts, Captain Haiku Michael Dylan Welch, and Eastside Live Sketchers alongside an incredible ensemble of dancers and musicians.

Ticket link : https://tinyurl.com/natyautsav-2026-Meera

An engaging quiz exploring Indian classical dance that makes learning both interactive and enjoyable for young students!

Led by Sangeetha Ramanathan and Preetha Babu, both of whom are teachers familiar to the community.

Huge shoutout to Vijetha Sivanand with the help with coordinating to make this happen!

A few spots still open. DM us if you or your school has a group of 3 interested in participating!

Here is the full schedule for Natya Utsav 2026- join us for an immersive evening of dance music storytelling and art!