This “Artivity,” made for the Music Center, by the Dancing Storytellers includes some participatory elements and an excerpt of an early version of the show “Indian Mythology and Me” where Shyamala plays several characters: Draupadi, narrator and a hanuman disguised as an old monkey. For an activity guide and many Read more…
Shyamala created a story time with her kid to share with his pre-school. It includes one of their favorite books and an art project inspired by the book!
Dancers in the San Gabriel river, photo by Gregory R.R. Crosby Jazmin Alejos and Terésa Flores Segura, photo by Gregory R.R. Crosby Dancers in the San Gabriel river, photo by Gregory R.R. Crosby
Every Semester Shyamala guest teaches master classes in Bharata Natyam at Colleges such as Cal State Long Beach and Loyola Marymount. Here are two recent classes at CSULB where students are demonstrating their favorite hasta mudras that they learned as a part of a dance.
RISE , Shyamala’s solo show about riots, religious fundamentalism, and the breakdown of the toilet was applauded it as a “tour-de-force” in the LA Times, 2004. In 2011, Christine Garlough wrote a chapter about RISE in her book Desi Diva’s: Political Activism in South Asian American Cultural Performances. She wrote, Read more…
“the sins of such wonderful flesh”
Artist Talk and Creative Workshop
by Post Natyam Collective members Cynthia Ling Lee and Shyamala Moorty
Shyamala is dusting off RISE, a solo show created in 2003, but markedly relevant to Indian politics today. First made with TeAda productions it has been performed at colleges, theaters and in Festivals in the US and in Canada. RISE will be featured in the opening plenary of the upcoming Read more…
Shyamala and the other members of the Post Natyam Collective are interviewed about their collective process in Stance on Dance: