Fight the Fear, Directed by Shyamala Moorty, was winner of Best Narrative Dance at the Experimental Dance and Music Film Festival. They also made us a great audience feedback video. Here are the highlights!
“How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music” made it to the Tagore Festival’s Annual Sun of the East Awards for 2022. Winners from every month of the festival were brought together for this annual awards festival and we won in the Women’s Film Category!
“How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music?” won 4 awards at the Tagore International Film Festival: Short Film Critics Choice Award Free Speech Award Women’s Film Award Debut Filmmaker Outstanding Achievement Award Much appreciation for the talent, dedication and hard work of the lead Vidushi Chadha and Read more…
FIGHT THE FEAR wins first award at it’s debut in the Marina del Rey Film Festival! Thank you to the talented cast starring Teresa Segura Flores and Jazmin Alejos and the amazing cinematographer and editor Gregory R.R. Crosby.
Skirball Family Amphitheater performances/Family programsThe Dancing Storytellers, Shyamala Moorty and Sheetal Gandhi will be performing “Indian Mythology and Me” with Neelamjit Dhillon at the Skirball Cultural Center 11am and 2pm Sunday July 31, 2022 ASL interpreter included! Tickets
Celebrate Shyamala’s two short films at the Marina del Rey Film Festival! “Fight the Fear” 6pm, BLOCK L, and “How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music” 7:30pm, BLOCK M
“Grandma’s Hands” written and performed by Carla Vega and directed by Shyamala Moorty is an endearing portrayal of Carla’s Puerto-Rican Grandmother and and was directed by and performed virtually during the pandemic and adjusted to reflect current times. We’re pleased that it is back on youtube in the Willie Agee Read more…
How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music? Directed by Shyamala Moorty She just wants to sing country and western on stage, but it’s not easy for a South Asian-American in the deep south where every audience is a hostile one. Winner of multiple awards, “How Do You Read more…
“Fight the Fear” came out of a guest artist residency of Shyamala Moorty with CSULB Dance students. In the process, two of the students shared their powerful migration stories, that merged with Shyamala’s long distance work with the Post Natyam Collective about borders and water. Learn more about this screendance here.
Post Natyam Collective featured in the Nava Gati Contemporary Indian Dance Festival, in Stockholm, Sweden Friday, October 1 at 10am-12pm, PDT / 1pm-3pm EDT / 7-9pm CET /10:30-12:30pm IST Shyamala, Cynthia and Sandra will be sharing work. First hour will be sharing of dance works, second hour will be an Read more…