The group was founded since 2014 with the vision to preserve and promote the traditional arts of the Gayo people from Central Aceh, focusing on performing arts—dance and theater. In its journey, the group discovered several traditional dances that had disappeared. One of its most notable achievements was the rediscovery of Tari Sining, a once-extinct dance, in 2016.
KDT has continued to innovate by creating new choreographies such as Tari Sengkaren Utem and Upuh Kio (2018), Tari Mulawi (2019), and the dance drama Prang Senie (2021). The group also conducts cultural research, such as reviving the lost Gayo weaving tradition (2020) and documenting the traditional knowledge and heroism of Aman Nyerang (2021).
With a strong commitment to cultural empowerment, KDT aims to integrate Gayo culture as a source of local economic development across Central Aceh, Bener Meriah, and Gayo Lues. One key innovation includes transforming traditional Gayo weaving into a contemporary form known as Tenun Kerawang Gayo. KDT remains focused on performing arts, cultural research, and the sustainable advancement of Gayo heritage.
The organizatin was started in 1999 she started Uma dance academy & she succeeded from her own dance academy. Today as a teacher, she has enlightened the dancing life of large number of students & troupe with professional dancers in her own. The company performed theatre, TV shows, dealer conversations, music videos. Chamila Wickramasinghe & the Uma dance troupe will entertain you with some traditional, creative & modern dancing based on kandiyan, indian dance & free style. She started her career as a dancing teacher in St,Thomas collage mount lavinia in 1997. Chamila Wickramasinghe gives tremendous co-operation to make Srilankan dance to a higher position. She has an identity of her own through her innovations it conveys that she has a culture in her own right. Her lifelong passion with dance has made her synonymous with the art.
Uma dance troupe is well known as one of the best, popular, well performing dance troupe in srilanka.uma dance troupe always brings an added value to the motherland by its artistic creations & well performance since 1999.
Uma dance troupe has been creating wide range of young dancers to srilanka, which facilitates to preserve our precious cultural values for everlasting future benefit for future generation.
The ensemble was founded in 1994 with an aim with the aim of preserving the centuries-old heritage and traditions of national dance and by enriching it passing them on to the next generations. The group consists of 500 energetic members from all ages.
The ensemble has in its repertoire a huge number of popular folk dances, which represent different regions of the Republic of Armenia, as well as many areas of historical Armenia and reflects Armenian dance, music and folk attire in its most traditional form. The ensemble holds different cultural and social programs welcoming everyone to attend their national dance lessons and many other ones related to the culture of Armenia.
The ensemble performs traditional Armenian folk dances and dances choreographed from traditional Armenian steps. The group have performed in many national festivals and in competitions and won 25 competitions. The ensemble has participated in 248 international festivals till now.
The Institute was founded in 2016, a centre of excellence in art education with an international identity. A formal education institution that provides facilities to polish and work on the potential and talent of the generation of students to actively and creatively engage in the arts and culture of the country. An effort to develop individual potential in a balanced and integrated manner through art education implemented in a planned and systematic manner. This effort is to produce people who are responsible and have a noble personality in practicing the culture of the noble nation and Malaysian identity. Become a center of excellence in arts and culture education to produce world-class cultural people.
The main motive of the institute is Developing talent and artistic potential among students, encouraging active participation of students in art activities. creating collaborations with various institutions and artists.
The objectives are producing a balanced students both in academic and artistic achievement. producing students who are knowledgeable and skilled in the arts. developing artists and cultural practitioners with high character. developing individuals who have an artistic soul and can preserve the nation's culture.
