Founding Principles
The Institute has been created to cater to the various levels and types of artistic expressions that emanate from the peoples of Trinidad and Tobago, from the subtle and ethereal to the materialistic. It is about touching the innermost core of our being and taking form through this manifestation in various levels of expressions. Its aim is to touch the lives of as many of our peoples as possible, especially the young impressionable ones, giving them purpose and identifying opportunities to achieve their full potential.
Its intention is to, form, inform and inspire our citizens, and especially the youths about the various positive aspects of our heritage and traditions while building on these in the present and for the future.
In this regard, its purpose is to bring art forms and the practitioners of these forms in direct contact with audiences and leave the chemistry of the performance; whether it is a lecturer on yoga, meditation, holistic health, a painter, sculpture, dancer, musician performer or just a story teller, to weave its own magic on the audience. It is about creating impact and awareness of artistic expressions and in all of its manifestations, forms and formats.
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The explanation of the name of the Institute
These founding principles are manifested in the unique selection of the name of the Institute; The Kala Sangam. The word Kala refers to the Arts in their divergent streams; the creative and performing, literary, culinary and plastic arts. The word Sangam has several meanings. It is a convergence or congregation of things, ideas philosophies and like- minded peoples. At the educational and philosophical levels, the Sangam implies the ‘congregation of seekers’. The Kala Sangam therefore can be translated to mean seekers of higher levels of awareness and consciousness through the arts.
The Kala Sangam is so far concentrating on the performing, literary and plastic arts. But this will expand as we grow.
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The Logo
The logo of the Sangam seeks to incorporate this divergence of thoughts, ideas and creative energies, as represented by the various cultures of T&T. It is a sea shell that is found on the beaches around T&T. The striations, beginning at the bottom of the triangular-shaped shell, dovetail into a composite, unifying point, at the top.
This unifying point which represent the assimilation of the thought, ideas and creations now churn out new products, compositions, creative ideas and energies which radiate outwards, to the wider society and beyond our physical boundaries. It is analogous to the ripple effect that emerges after a stone is thrown in a pool of water. The emanations from the unifying point of the shell are here represented by waves or bands of colours and shapes, representative of the various colours of the spectrum or of the swirling energies and their accompanying electromagnetic frequencies of the energy centres or chakras of the human body.
These multiplicities of images are representative of the vision and mission of the Sangam: feeding from the folk and other streams (represented by the striations of the shell), merging, assimilating, synthesising and syncretising to emerge into creations at different levels of perfection. This is a microcosm of the macrocosm of Trinbago’s multicultural society with its cultural diversity which is seeking its place in the wider world order.
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Aims and objectives
The Kala Sangam, founded as The Kathak Kala Sangam, hereinafter is to be referred to as the Sangam, was conceived since 2008 by Dr. Sat Balkaransingh, Jackie Maharaj, Samaroo Dowlath, Routi Badal, Malvane Seelal Alexander, Soma Dhanraj Mungroo and Veejhi Seeramlal. The Kathak Kala Sangam was officially established in July, 2009 with the following aims and objectives:
1. To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education
in, and appreciation of, the art of dance, drama, song and science
music in its diverse aspects.
2. To nurture creativity and innovation so as to encourage the pursuit
of excellence in the Arts.
3. To educate and train in the Arts.
4. To write, print, produce or otherwise reproduce and circulate gratuitously or otherwise periodicals, magazines, books, leaflets or any other documents, films, tapes or other visual materials.
5. To hold jointly or to stage productions, exhibitions, workshops, festivals, cultural exchange programmes, meetings, lectures, panel discussions, classes, seminars, symposia and courses.
6. To foster and undertake research into any aspect of the aims and objectives of the Sangam and its work and to disseminate the results of any such research.
7. To recognize excellence in the arts including the creative, performing and literary arts.
8. To engage, provide and employ artistes, lecturers, instructors, entertainers, art consultants and any other persons as necessary in the pursuit in its aims and objectives.
9. To act as agent, representative, promoter or otherwise for any of the persons named in paragraph 8 (or for any organization).
10. To employ or commission persons (including members) to write, compose, design, construct, paint, direct, choreograph or arrange plays, songs, music, dance and other theatrical, musical or variety compositions.
11. To enter into agreements with authors, composers, lyricists and other persons (including members) for the writing or composition of plays, pantomimes and other musical and dramatic works, for the presentation of such persons in any part of the world.
12. To establish a Trust Fund, that supports Educational, Academic and other Intellectual pursuits.
13. To provide and recommend scholarships and other forms of assistance to members.
14. To promote and support legislation to safeguard the interest of the Sangam and artistes in Trinidad and Tobago.
15. To give support to other recognised organizations with similar aims and objectives.
16. To do all such other lawful things from time to time necessary and which are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the aforementioned aims and objectives.
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Membership
Membership to the Sangam are of three types – executive, ordinary, and student and is available on registration and payment of a fee; ie ‘membership fee’
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Management
The Sangam is managed by a Board of Directors comprising of not less than 9 or not more than 15 persons. Its current officers are:
- Chairman
- Vice Chairman
- Secretary
- Assistant Secretary
- Artistic Director
- Assistant Artistic Director
- Registrar
- Student Representative
- Treasurer
- Mitra Parray
- PR and Marketing Officer
- Lighting Specialist
- Business Development
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56B, Back Street, Tunapuna,
Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Corner Cumberbatch St & Chaguanas Main Rd.
Chaguanas.
Email: kkalasangamtt@gmail.com
Phone:
1-868-663-9513,
1-868-789-3609,
1-868-374-8625,
1-868-767-3764.
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