Social Reformer Guru Pasha Syed Sallauddin
Syed
Sallauddin Pasha revered as the father of Indian Therapeutic Theatre for
persons with disabilities. He received of National Award from the President of India for outstanding
performance in the field of empowerment of persons with disabilities.
Pasha innovative work for disabled people has won a Limca Book of World Records and Guinness Book
of World Records.
A dynamic force in discovering potential
and nurturing talent
in people with disabilities,
he is professionally
trained actor, dancer, director, choreographer, dance movement Therapist and
Social Activist. His pioneering efforts have won National
and International recognition. For the past 30 years, through his innovative
methodology, direction and choreography, he has efficiently executed 100 Mega
Therapeutic Theatre Productions
bringing hope, confidence and zest to the people
with disabilities around the world.
Syed
Sallauddin Pasha's holistic dance-theatre productions
‘Women of India – from 6000 BC to 2,000 AD’ with 100 hearing-impaired children and
adults, ‘Ramayana On wheels’ with 200 children and adults with disabilities,
‘Durga’ based on Purulia Chhau, ‘Martial Arts On Wheels’ based on Manipur’s
Thang-Ta, Sufi Dance On Wheel Chairs, Bharatanatyam On Wheels are first of its
kind in the world.
The year 2002, he directed
Europe’s biggest therapeutic theatre
project ‘Ramayana’ with 108 special children and adults from Finland
which was performed
for International
theatre festival - under normal people category. This unique
project
threw up remarkable possibilities of dealing with cross-cultural
people with special needs. As a therapist, he
has successfully
conducted thought-provoking therapeutic theatre
workshops for people with disabilities, special educators, therapists,
mental health professionals, universities, special needs institutions in India
and Abroad.
He was the first
one to conduct a therapeutic
workshop for the Tsunami victims (Andaman,
Nicobari, Katchal and Ranchi tribes) at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Therapeutically it has helped the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
to
overcome stress and other fears they had with Tsumani. This project was commissioned by UNESCO. Infusing new creative energy in every
project, Guruji
Pasha uses both his heritage of healing, his training in classical Indian
dance and theatre to unleash the energy - every microcosmic cell of the body.
He has presented
therapeutic theatre productions to Former
President of India Dr A.P.J Abdul
Kalam, Former Prime Minister
of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir
bin Mohamad and His Majesty, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Ibni-Al Marhum Tuanku
Syed Putra Jamalullail, King of Malaysia, and his Queen, Former
Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan
Singh, President of
India Smt. Devisingh
Patil, Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari
Mathai, UPA
Chairperson Smt. Sonia
Gandhi, former Delhi’s Chief
Minister Smt. Sheila
Dikshit, Special performance for MP’s at House of Commons in London.
Pasha has invented
Sufi Dances on Wheelchairs, Bharatanatyam
On Wheelchairs,
Martial Arts (Swords Fights on Wheelchairs), Yoga On Wheels, Bhagawad
Gita, Ramayana on wheels, Bollywood on wheels, Drums on wheels, Light is Life
to mention a few.
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