Experience

World Music Institute

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Jul 2011 - Present

• • Mar 2011 - Jan 2013

  Helping steer this amazing institution that first brought 'world music' to New York and the US.



Rajika Puri and Dancers

• New York City

• Artistic Director/choreographer

  • Apr 2005 - Present

  Producer of dance-theatre evenings, including choreographed dances, of narrated & sung dances which tell stories from mythology - Indian but also Greek/Christian. Producer of dance-theatre evenings, including choreographed dances, of narrated & sung dances which tell stories from mythology - Indian but also Greek/Christian.



Several film ventures

• New York, NY

• Actor

  • 1989 - Present

  Mira Nair" MISSISSIPI MASALA; Dev Benegal's SPLIT WIDE OPEN; Danny Leiner's THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL; and several short films. Mira Nair" MISSISSIPI MASALA; Dev Benegal's SPLIT WIDE OPEN; Danny Leiner's THE GREAT NEW WONDERFUL; and several short films.



Various theatre companies

• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Actor

  • Jun 1986 - Present

  Cast by Julie Taymor as 'Narrator' who becomes goddess 'Kali' in Lincoln Center theater's production of THE TRANSPOSED HEADS, I played many 'classic' roles: 'a Bacchante' in the Guthrie BACCHAE, 'Ayah' in Classic Stage Company's PHAEDRA BRITANNICA, until I developed a form of danced story-telling of my own. Still do the odd play-reading, but also write scripts of my own. Cast by Julie Taymor as 'Narrator' who becomes goddess 'Kali' in Lincoln Center theater's production of THE TRANSPOSED HEADS, I played many 'classic' roles: 'a Bacchante' in the Guthrie BACCHAE, 'Ayah' in Classic Stage Company's PHAEDRA BRITANNICA, until I developed a form of danced story-telling of my own. Still do the odd play-reading, but also write scripts of my own.



Indo American Arts Council

• New York City

• Co-Curator IAAC's Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance

  • Mar 2008 - Aug 2017

  A three-day festival of a range of Indian dances: *First day outdoors (& FREE) at Battery Dance Co's DOWNTOWN DANCE Festival, * Next 2 days indoors at leading dance theaters in New York (Alvin Ailey, Asia Society, La Mama, etc) I co-curate their Indian dance festivals from 2008 to PRESENT - not only choosing from submissions but also inviting members of a large International netwrok of Indian dancers. Also act as Announcer - both live and recorded - for the shows. A three-day festival of a range of Indian dances: *First day outdoors (& FREE) at Battery Dance Co's DOWNTOWN DANCE Festival, * Next 2 days indoors at leading dance theaters in New York (Alvin Ailey, Asia Society, La Mama, etc) I co-curate their Indian dance festivals from 2008 to PRESENT - not only choosing from submissions but also inviting members of a large International netwrok of Indian dancers. Also act as Announcer - both live and recorded - for the shows.



Dance Critics Association

• Board Member

  • Sep 2010 - Feb 2013



INK

• Netherlands
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• invitee

  • 2010 - 2010

  Performed two danced stories and give a talk on "The Importance of Myth" Performed two danced stories and give a talk on "The Importance of Myth"