Shantala shivalingappa biography of rory

By Lavina Melwani

Saris and Chennai may be worlds apart, but there is a young Hindu dancer who seems to have made both her own. An accomplished classical Indian dancer, she is equally at home with Shakespearean theater, ballet and modern dance.

Maurice Bejart, Bartabas, Pina Bausch are noted names in the contemporary dance arena, and she&#;s performed with them all, touring internationally.

When she was only 14, she was chosen to play Miranda in Peter Brook&#;s production of The Tempest.

Shantala shivalingappa biography of rory and ryan

Now, ten years later, she is Ophelia in the acclaimed director&#;s Tragedy of Hamlet, which is currently touring in the US, Europe and Japan with an international cast including Adrian Lester, Natasha Parry, Naseeruddin Shah and Rohan Siva.

Meet Shantala Shivalingappa, 24, a child of the East and the West.

She may have grown up in the heart of Paris but a passion for Indian dance courses through her veins. The daughter of an Indian dancer and a UNESCO official, Shivalinga