| 16th American Natya Festival | |||
| Friday 13th June 2025 | |||
| Introduction Dances | 6:00 PM | Main Stage | |
| Introduction Speech and Music | 6:10 PM | Main Stage | |
| Mythili Patel ( New York, NY) | Kathak Solo | 6:25 PM | Main Stage |
| Sumangala V Varun (Austin, TX) | Bharathanatyam - solo | 6:55 PM | Main Stage |
| Dinner break | 7:25 PM | Commons | |
| Sreevidhya Vijayan (Natya Idol Winner) (Chicago, IL) | Mohini Attam -Solo | 7:55 PM | Main Stage |
| Sudha Raghuram (Birmingham, AL) | Bharathanatyam -Solo | 8:25 PM | Main Stage |
| Students of Sujatha Vinjamuri (St. Louis, MO) | Group Kuchipudi | 9:00 PM | Main Stage |
| Saturday 14th June 2025 | |||
| American Natya Idol - Advanced, Intermediate, | Senior Groups | 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM | On Main-stage & Little Theater |
| Main Stage closes for Tech Rehearsal | 3:30 | ||
| Audience entry | 5:00 PM | Main Stage | |
| Kathak Vaibhavam - By Soorya Dance School (St. Louis, MO) | Kathak Group Dances | 5:15 PM | Main Stage |
| Swamy Ayyappa by Soorya Dance Company (St. Louis, MO) | Dance Drama | 5:30 PM | Main Stage |
| Anantha by Rudram Dance Company (Tampa, FL) | Dance Drama | 7:00 PM | Main Stage |
| Dinner Break | Commons | ||
| Award Ceremony | 8:15 PM | Main Stage | |
| Rudrakshya (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India) | Odissi Dance Drama | 8:30 PM | Main Stage |
| Sunday 15th June 2025 | |||
| American Natya Idol - Advanced, Intermediate, Senior Groups | 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM | On Main-stage & Little Theater | |
| Break (Tech Walk-throughs) | 1:00 - 2:00 | Main Stage | |
| Fused - Dance Fusion Presentation by Samanvita (Natya Idol Winner) & Dancers (St. Louis, MO) | Dance Collaboration | 2:00-PM | Main Stage |
| Award Ceremony - Natya Idol Finals | 2:30 PM | Main Stage | |
| Classical Dance Symphony - Anu Samrat & Dancers (Seattle, WA) | Dance collaboration | 3:00 PM | Main Stage |
| Joshua George /Shriya Srinivasan (Boston, MA) | Dance collaboration | 3:45 PM | Main Stage |
| Shataka Traya- By Kaveri Natya Yoga (Austin, TX) | Dance Drama | 4:30 PM | Main Stage |
| Medha Srigiri - Student of Guru Sujatha Vinjamuri | Kuchipudi | 5:15 PM | Main Stage |
| Kathak Vaibhavam - By Soorya Dance School (St. Louis, MO) | Kathak Group Dances | 5:45 PM | Main Stage |
| Nisha Muguluru & Team (St. Louis, MO) | Andhra Natyam | 6:00 PM | Main Stage |
| Lalitha Jilakara & Team (St. Louis, MO) | Kuchipudi | 6:15 PM | Main Stage |
| Aigiri Nandini (St. Louis, MO) | Bharathanatyam | 6:30 PM | Main Stage |
The Full Schedule for Natya Idol participants will be announced on 6/12/2024 at https://www.natya.org/competition-schedule/
We urge everyone coming to Natya Idol Finals to please plan on keeping yourself available for American Natya Festival and Natya Idol events from Saturday, June 14th, 8:00 AM, till Sunday, June 15th, 4 PM. We are all volunteers working countless hours to give appreciation for Indian classical dance styles, dancer gurus, and dance students. Since this is a huge undertaking, we sincerely request that all dance students, parents, and patrons cooperate to make this a great success by keeping June 13, 14, and 15 free to watch, participate, and encourage all artists.
All the performing artists, kindly be flexible as we have to work with Natya Idol competitions and performances in the same venue.