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2011

December

8,
"PLAY": Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium.


September
15-16-17, "PLAY", Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, USA

11-12, "Namasya", Arts Bank Theatre, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, USA


9, "Namasya", Portland State University's Lincoln Hall, USA

August
12 -13, "PLAY", Theaterfestival Boulevard, Shertogenbosch, Netherlands

July
14-16, "PLAY", Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburger Schlossfest, Germany

May
4-7, "Bamboo Blues", with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Teatro Nacional Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

April
20, "Namasya", Espace Culturel Champ Fleuri, Saint Denis, Réunion Island

7-10, "PLAY", La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

February
3-6, "Nefès", with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva, Switzerland

1-2, "PLAY", Fondazione per la Musica, Rome, Italy

January
29, "PLAY", Festspielhaus, St Polten, Austria

20-23, "Nefès", with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Wuppertal Opernhaus, Germany

2010

October
28: "PLAY", L'Eclat Théâtre, Festival Automne en Normandie, Rouen, France

26: "PLAY", Théâtre Charles Dullin, Festival Automne en Normandie, Ville de Pont Audemer, France

20-24: "PLAY", DeSingel, Antwerp, Belgium

July
13-15: "Néfès", with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Megaron, Athens, Greece

June
21-23: "Néfès" with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Atatürk Cultural center, Istanbul, Turkey
4: "Namasya", Charleroi-Danses, Belgium

May
12: "Namasya", Théâtre de l'Olivier, Istres, France

February
26, 27, 28: "Namasya", Teatro Mercat de Flores, BARCELONA

January
"Namasya" Tour
28, 29, 30: Scena Contemporanea, MADRID

23, 24: Teatro Canovas, MALAGA

20: Teatro Alhambra, GRENADA

15,16: Teatro Central, SEVILLA


2009

December
17: "Namasya", Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy

November
28: Solo, an extract of "Namasya", Charleroi-Danse, Belgium

24, 25: "PLAY" (work in progress) - Duet Shantala Shivalingappa / Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Sadler's Wells Theater, LONDON, England

October
8: "Namasya", L'Equinoxe, CHATEAUROUX, France

2, 3, 4: "Bamboo Blues" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, CAIRO, Egypt

July
4, 5, 6: "Bamboo Blues" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Festival dei 2 Mondi, SPOLETO, Italy

June
28, 29, 30: "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Opera House, WROKLAW, Poland

May
22, 23: "Namasya", Centro Belem, LISBON, Portugal

2008

December
11 - 20: guest dancer in "Bamboo Blues" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

November
25, 26, 29 and 30: "Namasya" at the Theatre de la Ville-Abbesses, Paris, France

21: guest dancer in "Nefes" by the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Aalto Theater, Essen, Germany.

16: Shantala participated in a Gala evening for Pina Bausch's festival, performing a duet with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, as well as a solo by Pina Bausch, at the Tanzhaus, Dusseldorf, Germany

October
13: Shantala performed a specially created 40min piece for a private gala evening by HERMES, at the Cadogan Hall, London.
A collaboration with singer/guitarist Ferran Savall, accompanied by percussionist Prabhu Edouard and pianist Wassim Soubra

August
Shantala performed at the Jacob's Pillow Dance festival, Massachussets, USA for 2 programs:
July 30th to August 3rd: dancer in the Slow Dancing team (www.slowdancingfilms.com)

June, July
June 16 - July 2: "Bamboo Blues" (Indian piece) with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France

May
2 & 3: "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in the Centro Cultural Belem, Lisbon, Portugal

April
2: guest dancer in a concert conducted by Lawrence Foster at the Prinzregententheater, in Munich, Germany.
Program Debussy/Ravel

March
20: guest dancer in a concert by Jordi Savall and group for the Sacred Music festival in Rome, Italy

13 - 16: "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at the LG Arts Center in Seoul, Korea

"Namasya" tour in France
1, 2: in Valence
4: in Echirolles
6, 7, 8: in Décines
11: in Thonon-les-Bains

February
22, 23: "Namasya" for the festival "Equilibrio" in Rome, Italy

January
tour in India as guest dancer in "Bamboo Blues" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

18 - 19: Rabindra Sadan, Calcutta

12: National Center for Performing Arts, Mumbai

7: Siri Fort Auditorium, Delhi

2007

December
14 at 20h00: "Gamaka", "Namasya" new contemporary solo program, and a classical Karnatic concert by the troupe's musicians at the Stadsschouwburg, Bruges, Belgium

8 at 20h30: "Namasya" new contemporary solo program at the Théâtre de Grasse, Grasse, South of France

November
23, 24, 25: guest dancer in "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at the National Arts center, Ottawa, Canada

13 - 17: "Namasya" new contemporary solo program at the Theatre de la Ville-Abbesses in Paris, France

July
Shantala appeared in the dance-video-installation work called Slow Dancing by artist David Michalek, at the Lincoln Center in New York City, USA
www.slowdancingfilms.com

May
18 - 28: Guest dancer in the New Piece with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at the Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany


2006
December
8 - 10 & 13 - 16: "Néfès" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, USA, with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

November
2, 3, 4, 5: "Néfès" at Teatro de la Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain, with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

April
6 - 16: "Sacre du Printemps" (The Rites of Spring) at the National Theater, Tokyo, Japan

February
23 - 26: "Sacre du Printemps" (The Rites of Spring) at the Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium

January
19 - 22: "Sacre du Printemps" (The Rites of Spring) at the Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany


2005
December
1 - 4: "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany

October
13 & 14: New Creation: "Debussy / Ravel" with the Gulbenkian Orchestra led by Mr. Laurence Foster in Lisbon, Portugal

September
3 - 4: "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the Helsinki Festival, City Theater, Helsinki, Finland

June
11 - 16: guest dancer in "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the Shinjuku Bunka Center, Tokyo, Japan

May
26 - 29: guest dancer in "O Dido" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch at the Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany


2004
October
23: guest dancer in "O Dido" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal for Pina Bausch's festival, at the Opernhaus, Wuppertal, Germany

20: guest dancer in "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal for Pina Bausch's festival, at the Opernhaus, Wuppertal, Germany

September
2, 3, 4: guest dancer in "Néfès" with the Tanztheater Wuppertal, at the Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany

July
6, 7, 8: "Loss of Symmetry" Solo for the "Festival de la Cité", Lausanne, Switzerland
(10 min dance creation with a live musician)

3: "Concert for Peace" with Jordi savall and ensemble at the Domplatz, Arlesheim, Switzerland

1: "Concert for Peace" with Jordi savall and ensemble at the Auditori, Barcelona, Spain

June
4 - 22: guest dancer in "Nefés", Theatre de la Ville, Paris with the Pina Bausch Company

March
11 - 14: guest dancer in "Sacre du Printemps" (The Rites of Spring) at The Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany with the Pina Bausch Company

2003

December
18 - 21: at The Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal, Germany "Nefés" with the Pina Bausch Company.


Guest dancer in Pina Baush's new production for 2003, performed in Germany and Istanbul.

2002

Performed in Pina Bausch's "le Sacre du Printemps" ("the Rites of Spring").


1999

Guest dancer in Pina Bausch's production, "O DIDO".


1994-96

Soloist Dancer in Zingaro company's production "Chimere", directed by Bartabas. Performed extensively across Europe and in New York for the BAM New-Wave Festival in 1996.


1991

Dancer in "Trikonam" contemporary production by Savitry Nair. Performed at the Place Theater, London, for the Dance Umbrella Festival.


1989

Soloist dancer in the ballet "1789...et nous" choreographed by Maurice Bejart for the bi-centenary celebrations of the French Revolution. Performed in Paris and Toulon (France), Brussels (Belgium), Lausanne (Switzerland).

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