Shyamala Moorty is a choreographer, writer and performer whose interdisciplinary performance work is influenced by her training in Bharata Natyam (with Malathi Iyengar and Medha Yodh), contemporary western dance, theater, and yoga. She is a co-founder of the Post Natyam Collective and has toured their collaborative show “Meet the Goddess” in Europe, India and the U.S. She also is a company artist with TeAda Productions where she has created two solo shows: RISE, acclaimed as a "tour de force" by the LA Times (1/17/04), and “Carrie’s Web” which incorporated aerial dancing. Shyamala has also performed with Great Leap, the Rangoli Foundation and as a soloist and principal dancer for the Aman International Folk Ensemble. Shyamala holds an MFA in choreography from UCLA’s Department of World Arts and Cultures, a Pilates Mat Certification from BASI, and she has completed a 200-hr teacher training with Yoga Works. She has taught courses at UCLA and Cal Poly Pomona, Cerritos College, Cypress College, Rio Hondo College, and West LA College. Shyamala has received two Durfee ARC grants, and a Long Beach Arts Council Professional Artist Fellowship.
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