by expanding their scope, networks and capacity through performance-based training, life skill trainings, mentorship, exchange programs and special projects that influence the young artist’s ability to reach a high level of professionalism and thus access a sustainable income through professional contract work.

It is Sarakasi’s aim and practice to promote public awareness, appreciation and access to acrobatics, music and dance. Sarakasi furthermore aims to develop contemporary choreographic creation and supports the presentation and diffusion of performance work; supports training research and innovation in acrobatics, music, dance and theatre; fosters cultural exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration in the arts; and supports the infrastructure for the development of acrobatics, music, dance, etc. Sarakasi aims to promote its objectives in East Africa and beyond and in this way, to further the social, economic and cultural development of society.