WHO WE ARE

Thresh – short for Threshold – is a New York-based, female-led arts-impact nonprofit founded in 2005 by award-winning choreographer and cultural storyteller Preeti Vasudevan.

For 20 years, Thresh has operated as a high-powered creative laboratory at the intersection of Indian classical dance (Bharatanatyam), Western contemporary theater and movement, and social change. We use the moving body as the primary language for stories that other formats cannot tell.

THREE CORE OUTPUTS

PRODUCTIONS

Original, cross-cultural dance-theater and immersive multi-disciplinary performances that challenge, connect, and ignite diverse communities.

OUTREACH

Digital storytelling projects and community programming in underserved areas that champion lived experience and radical cultural exchange.

LEADERSHIP

Embodied leadership programs, workshops, and curricula that fuse arts and social enterprise to mentor the next generation of creative leaders.

OUR MISSION

To transcend boundaries and empower communities through dance, storytelling, and embodied leadership.

OUR VISION

Embodied Storytelling.
Collective Healing.

To build an empathetic, positive future by positioning the arts—through dance and storytelling—as the primary catalyst for well-being, healing, trust, and change within ourselves and our communities. Rooted in a 20-year legacy of East-West cross-cultural learning and intergenerational insight, we envision a society transformed by the wisdom of the moving body. By unlocking the storytelling body as our primary communicator, we empower individuals to learn from one another's journeys, co-creating a wiser, more conscious, and connected world.

ARTS INCUBATOR

We are not a traditional dance company. We are an arts-impact incubator that leverages a unique synthesis of Eastern and Western movement practices through productions, outreach, and leadership to reveal unseen narratives, dismantle cultural hierarchies, and foster deep empathy across cultures.

WHAT WE DO

Thresh fuses Eastern and Western practices—from Bharatanatyam to contemporary dance and movement science—to turn the moving body into a vehicle for storytelling and social change. Through our professional productions, community outreach, and leadership programs, we teach people to Trust Their Stories with honest vulnerability, translating deep embodiment into a powerful pathway for collective healing and conscious leadership.

OUR
METHODOLOGY

Developed over 20 years by Preeti Vasudevan, Trusting Your Story is Thresh’s signature embodied leadership framework. This toolbox activates the moving body to bring out individual and collective journeys worldwide. By fusing somatic practices with cross-cultural storytelling, it teaches people to trust their stories from a place of honest vulnerability, turning that vulnerability into a powerful catalyst for global leadership and social change.

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Rooted in the arts.
Guided by purpose.
Committed to impact.

OUR NAME

Thresh is short for Threshold, a liminal, multi-dimensional space—a portal where the present moment is paramount. This is not just a doorway, but an energized space of possibility where multiple futures for lasting social change are forged.

Founder Preeti Vasudevan chose this name to represent the flux state where things are in constant motion, driving us toward a better, future-thinking path. At this threshold, we bring the weight of the past to bear on the future, initiating work that disrupts and subverts current reality.

Founder, Preeti Vasudevan

Preeti Vasudevan is an award-winning contemporary choreographer creating a radical cross-cultural language between East and West, emerging as one of the first Indian artists recognized by major U.S. institutions for reshaping performance and storytelling.

OUR FOUNDER

Preeti Vasudevan is an award-winning choreographer, cultural storyteller, and thought leader. As the founder and CEO of Thresh, she directs an arts incubator operating at the dynamic intersection of Indian classical dance, Western contemporary theater, and social change. A Cannes Film Festival award-winning choreographer, TEDx speaker, and member of Lincoln Center’s Artistic Committee, she champions cultural diplomacy as an Arts Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State, encouraging artistic risk in underserved and crisis-affected regions worldwide.

She holds the distinction of being the first Indian artist to receive major U.S. recognitions from Lincoln Center, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, and NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts. She is also a recipient of a coveted cultural exchange fellowship from the Japanese Government. Over a two-decade career, her somatic-based leadership has focused on reclaiming authentic narratives—bringing transformative workshops to communities ranging from Native American Reservations and the Middle East, to street children in India.