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A HOME FOR SOUTH ASIAN ARTS IN SCOTLAND

Bringing people together and building a vibrant, inclusive community

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Theiya Arts The Ticking Clock - Indian Dance production

About
Theiyā Arts

Our Creative Vision

Theiyā Arts is a platform to experience, connect with, and participate in South Asian Arts in Scotland.

 

We bring South Asian art forms and artists into communities and spaces where they are unfamiliar or underrepresented, through performance, education, outreach, and artist support.

Theiyā Arts is built around collaboration, care, and a non-hierarchical leadership model.

Our regular programmes support diverse communities of all ages and abilities, while helping South Asian arts grow sustainably across Scotland.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to foster a vibrant, inclusive arts community that thrives on diversity and representation, providing access and exposure to historically underrepresented art forms and making South Asian Arts an integral part of the Scottish dance ecosystem.

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SCHOOL

COLLECTIVE

COMMUNITY

Explore the different forms of South Asian Arts with our comprehensive programme of online and in-person classes. Whether you're drawn to South Asian dance forms like Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kandyan or Hindustani Classical music and Bollywood, we offer classes to suit all ages and abilities.
 

You can find us in Edinburgh and West Lothian or enjoy the flexibility of our online sessions from anywhere.

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Our artist-led collective, established in 2020, develops South Asian dance and interdisciplinary performance work that is culturally grounded and critically engaged. We create new choreographic work, collaborate with other artists and organisations, and bring South Asian Arts into wider Scottish cultural spaces.

Explore the work of the Dance Collective

We deliver outreach and participatory programmes in community settings, working with partners to widen access, reduce barriers, and meet people where they are. This strand centres inclusion, representation, and meaningful local relationships through sessions such as Dance, Yoga and Meditation, all held with an emphasis on accessibility and inclusive participation.

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CONNECT

Theiyā Connect is our strand for connection, support, and professional development, creating spaces for artists and communities to build long-term pathways for South Asian arts in Scotland. Our support programme for South Asian arts practitioners offers 1 to 1 mentoring, producing support for individual choreographers, administrative assistance for educators, and opportunities for performance and community engagement
 

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Kandyan Dance Photo of Tharanga from Theiya Arts
Photo by - The Key Photography

Our Programme
Strands

Upcoming Events

  • Meghranjani Medhi: An Evening of Kathak
    Meghranjani Medhi: An Evening of Kathak
    17 Jul 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
    North Edinburgh Arts, North Edinburgh Arts, 12C Macmillan Cres, Edinburgh EH4 4AB, UK
    17 Jul 2026, 18:00 – 19:00
    North Edinburgh Arts, North Edinburgh Arts, 12C Macmillan Cres, Edinburgh EH4 4AB, UK
    Experience an evening of Kathak with award-winning Indian classical dancer Meghranjani Medhi, performing in Edinburgh for the first ever time as part of a special two-day programme presented by Theiyā Arts.
  • Advanced Kathak Repertoire Masterclass with Meghranjani Medhi
    Advanced Kathak Repertoire Masterclass with Meghranjani Medhi
    18 Jul 2026, 13:30 – 17:00
    Granton Parish Church, 55 Boswall Pkwy, Edinburgh EH5 2DA, UK
    18 Jul 2026, 13:30 – 17:00
    Granton Parish Church, 55 Boswall Pkwy, Edinburgh EH5 2DA, UK
    Join award-winning Kathak artist Meghranjani Medhi for an advanced repertoire masterclass focused on Gat Nikas and Gat Bhaav. Participants should book the masterclass that best matches their current level of training.
  • Beginner and Pre-intermediate Kathak Repertoire Masterclass with Meghranjani Medhi
    Beginner and Pre-intermediate Kathak Repertoire Masterclass with Meghranjani Medhi
    18 Jul 2026, 18:00 – 20:00
    Granton Parish Church, 55 Boswall Pkwy, Edinburgh EH5 2DA, UK
    18 Jul 2026, 18:00 – 20:00
    Granton Parish Church, 55 Boswall Pkwy, Edinburgh EH5 2DA, UK
    Join award-winning Kathak artist Meghranjani Medhi for a Kathak repertoire masterclass focused on Gat Nikas. Participants should book the masterclass that best matches their current level of training.
  • Kathak Tihai Workshop with Patrick Smith
    Kathak Tihai Workshop with Patrick Smith
    26 Jul 2026, 13:00 – 15:00
    North Merchiston Club, 48 Watson Cres, Edinburgh EH11 1EP, UK
    26 Jul 2026, 13:00 – 15:00
    North Merchiston Club, 48 Watson Cres, Edinburgh EH11 1EP, UK
    Discover how tihais are built and performed through Kathak footwork and rhythm. Led by Patrick Smith as part of Theiya Connect, this workshop is for beginners with foundational Kathak knowledge.
  • Maiden | Mother | Whore @ EdFringe26
    Maiden | Mother | Whore @ EdFringe26
    Multiple Dates
    18 Aug 2026, 17:30 – 18:30
    Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre f, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU, UK
    18 Aug 2026, 17:30 – 18:30
    Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre f, 14-16 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JU, UK
    Maiden | Mother | Whore comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a new theatre format, blending South Asian dance, projection, spoken word and live audience encounter. Join us at Assembly @ Dance Base for an intimate exploration of gender, power and resistance.

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‘Our communities are like seismic plates shifting and forming new blocs –a mosaic made up of the many shards of our identities, glued together by the sweat and blood of our protesting, rebelling, dreaming, scheming, and organising together, across the arbitrary borders that fail to contain us. ​​It is beautiful, and fluid.​ This is what liberation looks like.​​We buoy each other. Separately, we endure, persist, stay alive. Together, we overcome and thrive.’

From the book “Greater than the sum of our parts“ By Nada Elia

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