Syed Sallauddin Pasha

Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Syed Sallauddin Pasha
Born (1968-06-15) 15 June 1968 (age 56)
Anekal, Karnataka, India
Alma materBangalore University
Occupation(s)Bharatanatyam and Kathak Dancer, Actor, Director, Choreographer, Therapeutic Theater Director for persons with special needs
Years active1983-present
Websitesyedsallauddinpasha.com

Syed Sallauddin Pasha is a Bharatanatyam and Kathak dancer, Choreographer, Actor and Founder, artistic director of Ability Unlimited,[1] Miracle on Wheels and a therapeutic dance theater on Wheelchairs in India. He is recognised for his pioneering theater productions for persons with special needs.[2] In 2007 he received the National Award for the welfare of persons with disabilities in 2007-08 from Pratibha Patil.[3]

Pasha is a Limca Book of Records holder for creating 100 dance theater productions and directing over 10,000 performances with people of different – abilities.[4] His student Gulshan Kumar entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for spinning his wheelchair 63 times in one minute in 2011.[5]

Pasha is a trained[6] and established Bharatanatyam Dancer. He is also an empanelled[7] Bharatnatyam, Kathak and theater artist with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations,[8] and an 'A Grade' Dancer of Doordarshan, India's National Television Channel. Pasha's group has staged more than 10,000 shows worldwide with disabled dancers, including on International Yoga Day[9] in June, 2015.

  1. ^ "FOUNDER ARTISTIC DIRECTOR – Ability Unlimited". abilityunlimited.com.
  2. ^ "BBC – Pasha at Gibside School". BBC.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2007-2008" (PDF). Socialjustice.nic.in. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ Munsi, Urmimala Sarkar; Burridge, Stephanie (12 March 2012). Traversing Tradition. ISBN 9781136703799.
  5. ^ "Boy spins a world record, on a wheelchair". Rediff. 20 May 2011.
  6. ^ Veejay Sai. "Bharatanatyam on wheels: A classical dancer breaks new ground". Scroll.in.
  7. ^ "Indian Council For Cultural Relations Revised Empanelment List as on 26/09/2012" (PDF). iccr.gov.in. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Outgoing cultural Delegations 2010-2011" (PDF). Iccrindia.net. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Differently-abled perform asanas on wheelchairs". The Indian Express. 22 June 2015.