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?” 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…
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
“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…
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…
“How Do You Fall Out of Love with Country Music?” is a new monologue about an Indian immigrant enamored with country and western music that Shyamala directed for Theater West’s Fitting Out Festival. Enjoy this spunky character in our virtual recording here!
The Dancing Storytellers, have been touring this show to schools, libraries, museums and theaters all over Southern California for 10 years! Now the Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts did a beautiful taping of it and it is available for booking through the Center, contact ArtsTeach@SCFTA.org.
Due to the current escalation of violence in Palestine-Israel, the filming of the solo theater show HOMELESS IN HOMELAND is now being made free to the public. This stunning interdisciplinary documentary-theater about Jewish identity and the occupation of Palestine was created and performed by Sariyah Idan and directed by Shyamala Moorty. Our hope is that it will help answer some people’s questions, provide historical information, context of the contemporary reality, and deeper insight into how identity and emotionality get tied in.
Lost Chinatowns by Cynthia Ling Lee and directed by Shyamala Moorty, poetically and emotionally illuminates the historical roots of our current era of renewed anti-Asian violence in the US. Coming to the LA Women’s theater Festival March 27, 2021, 7pm PST.
Grandma’s Hands by Carla Veg and directed by Shyamala Moorty has been extended by popular demand! Tickets available for replay on demand until Feb 14, 2021!