Shivaangee is a choreographer and researcher drawing upon long-standing training in Bharatanatyam, and more experimental practices of performance. Their approach asks us to stay with our multiplicities (physically, socially, relationally, autobiographically, systemically) and unsettles preconceived assumptions about what is a recognisably ‘Indian’ aesthetic.
Shivaangee’s movement practice is classical in its underscoring by rhythmic patterns that are mathematical and complex; folk in its relational specificity, non-elitist physical demands and grounding in a collective experience; and experimental in its investigation of how dance can co-exist with sound-making, film, projection & collective composition.
Shivaangee has worked for a range of choreographers/directors, including J N Harrington, Jo Tyabji, Evie Manning, Sonia Sabri, Seeta Patel, Shane Shambhu and Suba Subramaniam and received ACE Project Grant & DYCP funding multiple times. Their work has been staged at Southbank Centre, Watermans Theatre, Blue Elephant Theatre, Kala Sangam, Bloomsbury Festival, Next Choreography Festival & Dance Umbrella Croydon.
Education
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (UK), 2016 - 2018
LshVa Arts Space (India), 2015 - 2016
University of Oxford (UK), 2010 - 2015
Keio University (Japan), 2013 - 2014
Recent & Upcoming Work
Orbital Asymmetries (Nov, 2023)
