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Rajika Puri (New York, NY): Moderator, Post-performance discussion Dancer, Choreographer and Writer
Rajika Puri is trained in Bharatanatyam and Odissi, and best known for her creative melding of different kinds of music and theatrical techniques with dance: Flamenco Natyam (Works & Process at the Guggenheim), Union/Severed performed to both Oriya and American songs (with Nora York, at Asia Society), Conversations with Shiva, a post-modern approach to Bharatanatyam movement and music (Joyce SoHo), Devi-malika, a garland of danced stories sung and narrated by her (Duke on 42nd), the last three productions directed by Yuval Sharon. An M.A. in the (social) Anthropology of Human Movement, Rajika writes and lectures on dance, music & theatre both western and Indian. She has been on the Advisory Board of IAAC since its inception.
Rajika Puri is trained in Bharatanatyam and Odissi, and best known for her creative melding of different kinds of music and theatrical techniques with dance: Flamenco Natyam (Works & Process at the Guggenheim), Union/Severed performed to both Oriya and American songs (with Nora York, at Asia Society), Conversations with Shiva, a post-modern approach to Bharatanatyam movement and music (Joyce SoHo), Devi-malika, a garland of danced stories sung and narrated by her (Duke on 42nd), the last three productions directed by Yuval Sharon. An M.A. in the (social) Anthropology of Human Movement, Rajika writes and lectures on dance, music & theatre both western and Indian. She has been on the Advisory Board of IAAC since its inception.