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The Somapa Thai Dance Company (formerly the D.C. Thai Dance Troupe) was founded in 1999 by a group of experienced dancers. The members of the troupe have been performing Thai Classical dance with different affiliations in the D.C. Metropolitan area for the past five to ten years.
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Key members have had over 20 years of training and performing and were trained in Thailand by the most celebrated dance instructors from the prestigious Department of Fine Arts in Bangkok. Other members of the group have been trained in the U.S.

The group's mission is to preserve and promote Thai culture and arts in the United States. In addition to giving Thai classical dance performances, senior members train American and Thai-American youth as well as the interested public in this ancient art form.

 
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