Victory Arts Foundation

Victory Arts Foundation

VAF is a not-for-profit organization committed to making dance a meaningful experience for 'all' without any discrimination. VAF endeavors to use the power of 'performing arts', especially dance, to bring joy to theunderprivileged, specially challenged, visually impaired and others.Bringing a smile on their faces and adding a bounce in their stride, VAFtakes the mission of Have Feet, Will Dance, one step further:

Have Spirit.Will Triumph!

With a motive to help the young and the young at heart discover and enjoy creative expression through dance, Shiamak Davar's Institute for The Performing ArtsTM or SDIPAT, as it is popularly known, continues to teachJazz, Hip Hop, Rock N Roll, Afro Jazz, Salsa, Shiamak's Indo Jazz andShiamak's Bollywood Jazz styles of dance.


SDIPA conducts dance classes in thirteen cities in India, reaching out to thousands of students (4 to 84 years old, all shapes and sizes, specially challenged, visually impaired ---
one and all are a part of this disciplined, professional but most of all 'fun' institute.

Have Feet. Will Dance!

In November 2001, Shiamak Davar's Institute for the Performing Arts (SDIPA)along with Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT), entered into a partnership to implement Dancing Feat (DF). With a goal to enhance the ability of high-risk vulnerable children to respond effectively to situations that place them at risk to HIV/AIDS, DF has adopted a unique child friendly strategy which combines popular dance forms along with group counseling and life skills education. Shiamak's Victory Art Foundation (VAF)Through VAF funded programs, SDIPA Instructors continue to share the joy ofdance with various NGOs all over India, including the following:

* The Society of Education for the Crippled (Mumbai)
* Spastics Society of India (Mumbai)
* Helen Keller's Institute for the Deaf And Deafblind(Mumbai)
* Sankalp School For the mentally challenged(Mumbai)
* Jariwala Orphanage for Muslim Girls(Mumbai)
* Project Udaan for slum children(Mumbai)
* Umang (Jaipur)
* Ishwar Foundation (Delhi)
* Tamanna(Delhi)
* Freedom Foundation (Bangalore & Chennai)
* Baldwin Opportunity (Bangalore)
* Sweekar Upkar (Hyderabad)
* Sanskriti Shikhar (Hyderabad)
* St.John's(Pune)

We are happy to share this information with you and look forward to you and your support to VAF so that we can continue to 'pay it forward' and share the joy of dance and performing arts with many others.

Warm regards,
Kainaaz Mistry
Manager - Victory Arts Foundation
C-19, Everest Building,
J Dadaji Road, Tardeo,
Mumbai-34
Tel: 65286583/ 23537930-7/9821541068