Amrita Performing Arts

AMRITA CELEBRATES AND TAKES ITS FINAL BOW AFTER A 15-YEAR ODYSSEY, FROM REVIVAL & PRESERVATION OF THE PAST TO EMERGING LEADERSHIP AND CREATIVITY FOR THE FUTUREAMRITA PERFORMING ARTS COMPLETED ITS MANDATE AT THE END OF 2018. THE COMPLETION OF OUR MANDATE MEANS THE CLOSURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ANOTHER MILESTONE IN OUR ROLE AS A PROMINENT LEADER IN CAMBODIAS THRIVING PERFORMING ARTS SCENE. REMAINING FAITHFUL TO OUR ORIGINAL MISSION STATEMENT, AMRITA HAS WORKED TO PROMOTE AND SUSTAIN THE REVIVAL AND PRESERVATION OF THE MANY FORMS OF TRADITIONAL CAMBODIAN PERFORMING ARTS, EMPHASIZING NATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING IN PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT AND ARTS ADMINISTRATION. AMRITA HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND FINE ARTS AND OTHER PARTNERS IN POLICY DISCOURSE, RESEARCHING AND PRODUCING PROFESSIONALLY STAGED PRODUCTIONS BOTH IN CAMBODIA AND ABROAD, WHILE DEVELOPING AND ENCOURAGING ARTISTS CREATIVE POTENTIAL IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER, DANCE AND MUSIC THROUGH REGIONAL WORKSHOPS, EXCHANGE, A VARIETY OF NETWORK PROGRAMS AND INTERNATIONAL TOURS.AT ITS INCEPTION, AMRITA WORKED CLOSELY WITH SURVIVING MASTERS AND ARTISTS IN THEIR URGENT EFFORTS TO TRANSFER THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS. AMRITA MADE EVERY EFFORT TO CREATE A SAFE AND NURTURING SPACE, PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AS THIS NEW GENERATION OF PIONEERING ARTISTS TOOK ON THE CHALLENGE TO USHER THEIR HERITAGE INTO THE FUTURE. THIS SHIFT IN MANDATE LED TO THE CREATION OF A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF WORKS THAT WERE PRESENTED LOCALLY AND TOURED INTERNATIONALLY. THE ARTISTIC SATISFACTION AND PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THIS JOURNEY HAS OF COURSE BEEN DEEPLY GRATIFYING. HOWEVER, NOTHING HAS BEEN MORE SATISFYING THAN WATCHING THE MANY ARTISTS AND PRACTITIONERS WEVE COLLABORATED WITH TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THIS WORK AND MATURE INTO TRUE PROFESSIONALS.MANY OF OUR TEAM ARE ALREADY WELL PLACED TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CONTINUED EVOLUTION OF CAMBODIAS BURGEONING PERFORMING ARTS SCENE. THEY HOLD LEADERSHIP ROLES IN THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND FINE ARTS INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PERFORMING ARTS AND SO ON.THEY HAVE TAKEN THE SKILL-SETS OBTAINED FROM YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL EXCHANGE, TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ARTS GROUPS AND INITIATIVES AND BY DOING SO, CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES FOR THEMSELVES AND IN SUPPORT OF THEIR COLLEAGUES. MANY OF THESE ARTISTS ARE WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THEY PARTICIPATE IN CULTURAL PLATFORMS WITH COMPLETE CONFIDENCE. SIMPLY PUT, THEY HAVE CLAIMED THEIR RIGHTEOUS PLACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE AND CONTINUE TO FIND THEIR OWN VOICE IN AN EVER CHANGING CAMBODIA.AMRITA WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED NONE OF THIS ON OUR OWN. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND FINE ARTS FOR PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY AND ENDORSEMENT THROUGHOUT THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS. THE ENORMITY AND SINCERITY OF APPRECIATION FOR OUR MANY LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS CANNOT BE EMPHASIZED ENOUGH. THE PROFESSIONAL FOSTERING AND ARTISTIC MENTORING OFFERED BY A LONG LIST OF PERFORMERS, PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS, CHOREOGRAPHERS AND PRESENTERS HAS HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RESONATE FOR YEARS TO COME. OUR FAITHFUL FAMILY OF DONORS, WHETHER THEY BE INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY FOUNDATIONS, FOUNDATIONS, EMBASSIES OR NGOS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED OUR ENDEAVORS WITH UNCONDITIONAL TRUST, ENTHUSIASM AND INDEED, LOVE. OUR ARTISTS RECIPROCATE THAT LOVE IN EVERY PERFORMANCE AND WE ARE ALL PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL. AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WORDS CANNOT ADEQUATELY EXPRESS OUR DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THE UNTIRING, PASSIONATE AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM OUR AUDIENCES BOTH IN CAMBODIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.