Competition Schedule

Hello Dancers

Here comes the 2025  American Natya Idol Competition. Please register at the convenient city of your choice. The deadline for each town is two weeks before the competition date. All music must come to us one week before the competition deadline. If we do not receive the music, the participant will not allowed to compete. A link to register is provided for each city. Please register as soon as possible, as our space and time are limited to each competition.  If you have any questions on registration, please contact Mr. Nagendra Sanjeeva at 314-629-9754 (CST-10 AM- 9 PM).  More details on judging criteria and other competition details are listed below. Thanks for your interest.

Please register sooner to plan logistics. Please review the competition details and send audio files for the duration to natyaidol2017@gmail.com sooner you have them before the deadline. In the email, subject: Audio - Participant Name, Location. In detail, please mention all participants name, category, city, and audio details as that helps us to organize the competition.

If you like to volunteer in respective cities and receive volunteering hours for non profit cause as a high school student or otherwise, please click here to RSVP and refer to your city for venue and timings: Register for Volunteering.

Register for Volunteering
All Cities
Delaware

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Deadline - May 11th, 2025

Raleigh

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Sunday, May 18, 2025
Deadline - May 11th, 2025
Cincinnati

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Sunday, May 31, 2025

Deadline - May 24th, 2025

Nashville

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Deadline - May25th, 2025

St. Louis and Other Cities

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Sunday, June 8th, 2025

Deadline - June 1st, 2025

Nayta Idols National Finals

June 14, 15th 2025

Saturday and Sunday 9 AM - 3 PM

at the #1 Mark Twain Circle, St. Louis, MO 63005

NOTE: All travelers are requested to plan to be in St Louis Saturday morning so please take flights to reach Friday night preferably. We will be wrapping up by Sunday 3 to 4 PM and you can head out in the evening flight preferably around 7PM. We will announce the slots closer to competition since regionals are going on til June 1st week.

Soorya Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization, initiated and managed this project. Volunteering in the American Natya Festival and related activities will lead to Presidential Recognition for Volunteers