The Story of Gora Singh and The Rajkumari Cultural Center continued...
The Gora Singh Dance Company (1976) Toured Guyana, Trinidad, Suriname, Barbados and Jamaica. PHOTO: (standing) Abhimanyu Singh, Gora Singh, Jasoda Kishun, Phillip McClintock, (kneeling) Chitra Singh, Camille Jaboor.
Gora set out on a mission to change this through quality art and productions. So he enlisted his sister, Pritha Singh,to work with him to develop the financial resources for sustainable programs. This meant empowering artist in our society. The Center offered skills and services to artists and ensembles of professional consultation and technical support of custodians, teaching artists, specialists and scholars; mentorship and skills to neighborhood groups to enhance and their own creative efforts.
The Center achieved an impressive networking of artists and groups within the Indo-Caribbean communities for the first time. Through major productions, rare and neglected cultural traditions like Tan Sangeet, Madrasi Nargam, Mehfil and Indo-Caribbean leelas (musical dance-dramas) - The Sound of Her Bells, Pushpanjali, Mariemmen Pugal Malaai, Women of the Mahabarata, Kitchrie Festival leelas with secular themes, reflecting us as a immigrants overcoming struggle, brought pride, honor and dignity to the people. The Center has presented beyond the confines of our own ethnic and cultural sphere, into mainstream venues like the Brooklyn Museum and Library, CUNY Colleges, Carlton University, Queens Theatre In The Park, The Queens Museum of Art and Lincoln Center, to name a few.
The Center achieved an impressive networking of artists and groups within the Indo-Caribbean communities for the first time. Through major productions, rare and neglected cultural traditions like Tan Sangeet, Madrasi Nargam, Mehfil and Indo-Caribbean leelas (musical dance-dramas) - The Sound of Her Bells, Pushpanjali, Mariemmen Pugal Malaai, Women of the Mahabarata, Kitchrie Festival leelas with secular themes, reflecting us as a immigrants overcoming struggle, brought pride, honor and dignity to the people. The Center has presented beyond the confines of our own ethnic and cultural sphere, into mainstream venues like the Brooklyn Museum and Library, CUNY Colleges, Carlton University, Queens Theatre In The Park, The Queens Museum of Art and Lincoln Center, to name a few.