Thresh Dance

Six Creative Areas
and Projects

Our work engages in six key creative areas to make a tangible, lasting difference through our work. Through these areas we ensure that every initiative is relevant, inclusive, transformative, and community-driven.

Key Creative Areas

COMMUNITY

Placing communities at the heart of our initiatives we:

Actively engage and involve local residents, stakeholders, and partners in every step, ensuring our programs are responsive and relevant to community needs.

Build strong collaborative relationships with diverse groups as we work together to address complex social challenges.

Forge meaningful alliances with community organizational partners and leaders, pooling our resources and expertise to maximize our collective impact.

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

Ensure equitable access to dance-based opportunities, we:

Celebrating diversity in all its forms making it central to our programming, ensuring everyone feels represented and valued.
Provide equitable access to dance all of our education, performances, and resources, fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all.
Promote fairness and justice ensuring equal opportunities for all individuals and communities.

WELLBEING & LEADERSHIP

To bring positive change in individuals and communities we:

Empower individuals and communities through the transformative power of dance and artistic expression.
Strengthen skills, knowledge, and confidence by fostering resilience and leadership within our communities.
Instill self-efficacy in everyone's ability to create meaningful change, both personally and within society.

ADVOCACY

Advocating for social justice and amplify marginalized voices, we:

Strive to catalyze social change through equity, justice, and social cohesion through dance, challenging perceptions
Provoke meaningful change by fostering empathy, promoting dialogue, and advocating for systemic improvements.
Amplify marginalized voices using compelling narratives and performances to advocate for policy reform and societal progress.

SUSTAINABILITY

By developing programs that endure lasting societal benefits, we:

Are dedicated to creating lasting benefits for individuals and communities
Integrate eco-friendly practices that reflect our interconnectedness with natures promoting environmental stewardship.
Commit to ongoing and sustainable multiyear programming addressing systemic challenges and long term development

CROSS-CULTURAL STORYTELLING

Pioneering collective ways to address social issues, we:

Use creative and innovative methodologies to address diverse social and cultural issues using dance to leverage community empowerment.
Push artistic boundaries to engage audiences in new and profound ways, sparking meaningful dialogue and cultural exchange.
Embrace latest technology and digital tools expanding our accessibility, engagement, and outreach globally.

"[Thresh] melds traditional and contemporary styles of performing arts to overcome cultural barriers. "
– Deccan Herald, India

Our Projects (Social Impact)

Our Projects

With our methodology and approach, we craft work that is expressive, healing, and deeply human. Through film, performance, and education, our project initiatives are crafted to build stronger,
more connected communities.

Women

Women focussed programs that highlight experiences of underrepresented women in America, showing them as critical change makers
in society.

Initiatives:
Voices of Women

Indigenous

Projects honoring ancestral Indigenous wisdom and cultural preservation through storytelling, dance, and film with tribal communities and knowledge keepers.

Initiatives:
First Voices

Youth

Digital programs and in person residencies in educational and cultural organizations inspiring young people to explore identity, empathy, and creative expression building confidence and cultural understanding.

Initiatives:
The Red Curtain Project

Department of Education (NYC Public Schools)

South Asian Youth Action

Leadership &

Wellbeing

Embodied intergenerational leadership projects fostering healing, empowerment and leadership, while creating space for reflection,
connection, and renewal.

Initiatives:
Trusting Your Story

100 Years of Lebanon

Montana Women's Prison

Six Creative Areas and Projects

Our work engages in six key creative areas to make a tangible, lasting difference through our work. Through these areas we ensure that every initiative is relevant, inclusive, transformative, and community-driven.

Key Creative Areas

"[Thresh] melds traditional and contemporary styles of performing arts to overcome cultural barriers. " – Deccan Herald, India

Our Projects

With our methodology and approach, we craft work that is expressive, healing, and deeply human. Through film, performance, and education, our project initiatives are crafted to build stronger, more connected communities.

Women focussed programs that highlight experiences of underrepresented women in America, showing them as critical change makers in society. Initiatives: Voices of Women

Projects honoring ancestral Indigenous wisdom and cultural preservation through storytelling, dance, and film with tribal communities and knowledge keepers. Initiatives: First Voices

Digital programs and in person residencies in educational and cultural organizations inspiring young people to explore identity, empathy, and creative expression building confidence and cultural understanding. Initiatives: The Red Curtain Project Department of Education (NYC Public Schools)