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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
Prayas Youth Theatre (PYT), a newly formed youth wing of the local community theatre group Prayas, was voted ‘audience favourite’ into the Gala Finals of the annual Short and Sweet Dance festival this year. They were recognised with a “Spirit of the Festival” award as well as “Highly Commended” by the judges as they competed with an array of professional dancers around New Zealand.
PYT’s 10 minute performance was a dance-drama adaptation of an Indian fable (Panchatantra tale) that chronicles the friendship between a crocodile and a monkey. The story is told in a part-dance part-narration format, adapting and juxtaposing the distinct dance style of Bharatnatyam (classical Indian dance form) with contemporary.
S + S is an international performing arts festival that runs in Auckland, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. It brings a compilation of the best ten minutes of short dance, theatre and song performances. Prayas Youth Theatre was chosen under the dance category to perform at this “biggest little dance festival in the world”.
Prayas Youth Theatre (PYT), a newly formed youth wing of the local community theatre group Prayas, was voted ‘audience favourite’ into the Gala Finals of the annual Short and Sweet Dance festival this year. They were recognised with a “Spirit of the Festival” award as well as “Highly Commended” by...
Prayas Youth Theatre (PYT), a newly formed youth wing of the local community theatre group Prayas, was voted ‘audience favourite’ into the Gala Finals of the annual Short and Sweet Dance festival this year. They were recognised with a “Spirit of the Festival” award as well as “Highly Commended” by the judges as they competed with an array of professional dancers around New Zealand.
PYT’s 10 minute performance was a dance-drama adaptation of an Indian fable (Panchatantra tale) that chronicles the friendship between a crocodile and a monkey. The story is told in a part-dance part-narration format, adapting and juxtaposing the distinct dance style of Bharatnatyam (classical Indian dance form) with contemporary.
S + S is an international performing arts festival that runs in Auckland, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Dubai. It brings a compilation of the best ten minutes of short dance, theatre and song performances. Prayas Youth Theatre was chosen under the dance category to perform at this “biggest little dance festival in the world”.
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