VINYASA Academy of Fine Arts & Youth Dance Ensemble of Sri Lanka Viet Nam awakens for a Sri Lankan Dance Extravaganza May 2016 People of Ha Noi were treated into an exciting performance of Sri Lankan traditional and contemporary dance presented by Vinyasa Academy of Fine Arts: Youth Dance Ensemble of Sri Lanka. “Rhythms of Sri Lanka: A Cultural Rhapsody” was held at the Hong Ha Theatre on 7th May, in the Old city area in Ha Noi and was organized...
VINYASA Academy of Fine Arts & Youth Dance Ensemble of Sri Lanka was initiated in 2010 with twelve talented young artists; most of them are undergraduates of national universities of Sri Lanka following their Bachelors Degree in Performing Arts. Today, the ensemble has more than 200 members belongs to different age groups.

The Youth Dance Ensemble will make every effort to help Sri Lankan youth to improve their creativity and to ensure cultural exchange programmes with other countries whilst contributing to the promotion of Sri Lankan heritage.
Representations at International Festivals
  • Aceh International Folklore Festival 2011, Banda Aceh, INDONESIA, 2011
  • South Asian Youth Dance Competition, Chennai, INDIA, 2011
  • LOKOTSAV 2013, Folk Art Festival, Goa, INDIA 2013
  • 8th Baoshan Shanghai International Folk Art Festival, Shanghai, CHINA, October 2013
  • Global Theatre festival 2014, Kuttak Odisha, India, January 2014
  • PJ International Folk Art Festival, June 2014, Malaysia
  • Lanzhou International folk art festival, October 2014
  • Global female folk dance competition, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh , INDIA 2014
  • SIBU International Dance Festival, Sibu, Sarawak, MALAYSIA, 2015
  • Global female folk dance competition, Punjab , INDIA 2015
  • Surin International Folklore Festival, Surindra Rajabhat University, THAILAND, 2016
  • HUE Internationa Festival 2016, Hue, VIETNAM, 2016
  • World Festival of Children’s Performing Arts in Toyama, Japan, 2016
  • Pudong Lujiazui International Dance Festival, Shanghai, CHINA, 2016.


International Performances
  • International Conference on Arts & Culture in Creative Economy, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, THAILAND, 2012
  • School of Dramatic Arts, Nakhon Pathom, THAILAND, 2012
  • Patana Business Administration College, Nakhon Pathom, THAILAND, 2012
  • International Conference on Arts & Culture in Creative Economy, Rajabhat Phranakhon University, Bangkok, THAILAND, 2013 and three other major academic Institutions around Bangkok
  • International Conference on Arts & Culture in Creative Economy, Ramphaiparni Rajabhat University, Chanthaburi, THAILAND, 2014
  • International Conference on Arts & Culture in Creative Economy, Mahasarakham University, THAILAND, 2015
  • International Conference on Cultural Ecology, , Surindra Rajabhat University, THAILAND, 2016
  • International Storytelling Festival, Centre for Asian Studies, Surindra Rajabhat University, THAILAND, 2016
  • Rhythms of Sri Lanka, the cultural rhapsody, Performance organized by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Vietnam, Hanoi, VIETNAM, 2016
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