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THE TRANSPOSED HEADS: Narrator (transforms into the goddess Kali, and speaks for several puppets) Lincoln Center Theater & American Music Theater Festival [choreography: Margo Sappington, Swati Bhise & Rajika Puri] |
Julie Taymor Director |
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MACBETH: First Weird Sister Theatre for a New Audience |
Ron Daniels Director |
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THE BACCHAE: Woman of the East (individualised member of the Chorus) Guthrie Theater |
Liviu Ciulei Director |
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PHAEDRA BRITANNICA (American Premier): Ayah (Oenone) Classic Stage Company |
Carey Perloff Director |
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CYMBELINE: The Soothsayer New York Shakespeare Festival at the Public Theater |
JoAnne Akalaitis Director |
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A DREAM PLAY: Daughter of Indra (Agnes) Princeton University |
Alan Mokler Director |
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THE MERCHANT OF VENICE: Portia Stage Two Productions, Bombay |
Tony Patel Director |
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| ROMEO & JULIET: Lady Capulet |
Vikram Kapadia Director |
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| Scenes from THE BACCAE: Dionysus |
Zubin Driver Director |
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ELEKTRA: Electra a staged reading with movement Play Reading Forum, Mumbai |
Jiten Merchant Director |
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DANCE-THEATER |
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UNDER HER BREATH: Sutradhar (Traditional Narrator - in guise of gypsy story-teller) |
Deborah Dunthorn Director Arangham Productions, Chennai |
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THE NEW YORK RAMAYANA: Narrator (weaving story told in Indian, Burmese & Filipino dance) |
Lotus Fine Arts production |
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NEEL: the eternal blue: Sutradhari (dancer-singer Narrator, in an Odissi dance recital) |
Joyce Soho & Trinayan Collective |
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FILM |
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MISSISSIPPI MASALA: Gossip #2 (with Mira Nair as "Gossip #1") |
Mira Nair Director |
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| LONGTIME COMPANION: Dr Seth |
Norman Rene Director |
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| SPLIT WIDE OPEN: 'Auntie' |
Deb Benegal Director |
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| THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL: Sucheta |
Danny Leiner Director |
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DANCE |
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An internationally acclaimed soloist in two forms of Indian classical dance: Bharata Natyam and Odissi, Rajika also holds an M.A. (NYU ) in movement analysis from a cultural perspective. She has given recitals, lecture-demonstrations and workshops all over the U.S., South and Central America, Europe and India. Creative collaborations & choreography: Flamenco Natyam, with Flamenco dancer La Conja (Guggenheim, NY, and on tour in India); Bharatanatyam-Variations, a post-modern take on traditional Bharatanatyam, Bach-Bharatanatyam Variations with pianist Maria Ilic, and Another Country with singer, Nora York. Currently specialty: danced story-telling with narratives that include songs, chants, and poetry, accompanied by gesture, dance movements and even puppetry. |
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