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Performances/Stage Productions
Major productions so far:
Cosmic Body (2011)
Exploratory dance project based on Indian cosmology and Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis
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- Concept, Choreography, Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Several repeat performances as work in progress since 2011 in India and Europe.
SeoulMoves (2009)
Multimedia Art and Identity project at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Körpersprachen-Mundarten (2007)
Multilingual dance project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBrpSWEVCQk
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Music: Manickam Yogeswaran (vocal, mridangam), E.R. Janardhan (Saxophone, Mandolin)
- Dance/Theatre/Martial Art: Rajyashree Ramesh, Edsel Scott, Irina Kushelevich, Eva Balzer
- Funded by the District Cultural Funds of the Senat Berlin and the Cultural Department of District Tempelhof-Schöneberg of Berlin
Augenblicke - Momentaufnahmen des Weiblichen (2006)
Snapshots of feminity
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- Concept, Choreography, Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Music: Mila Morgenstern (Flute), Laura Patchen (Tabla)
- Leipzig Book Fair/Leipziger Buchmesse and Museum of Indian Art, Berlin
Jalakrida - the Water-Play (2005)
Stage production on the theme water
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Music: Istvan Jeszynsky (Hungarian vocals, Sarod, Chinese and Tibetan Water Bowls), S.V. Giridhara, Jens Peterson (mridangam, morsing), Karen Taguet (nattuvangam)
- Dancers: Rajyashree Ramesh, Vinodha Thambipillai, Johanna Devi
- Festival inMotion Asia-Pacific-Weeks Berlin 2005, with several repeat performances in different formats since then.
Ramayana-Epos (2004), www.ramayana-epos.de
Commissioned audio-visual dance-theatre project for Theater Chemnitz
Dance Immemorial (2003)
Multinational dance production commissioned by Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin,
for the Asia-Pacific Weeks Berlin 2003
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- Concept, Artistic Direction: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Dancers: Rajyashree Ramesh (Bharatanatyam), Celia Rojas (Flamenco), Steffen Findeisen (Balinese), Edsel Scott (Modern), Vinodha Thambipillai (Kuchipudi), Karen Taguet (Odissi)
- Music: S.V. Giridhara and ensemble (Indian percussion), Mila Morgenstern (Flute), Raiko Schlee (Flamenco Guitar)
Asian Wisdom (2001)
Dance-Martial Arts stage production with Shaolin Kung-fu in collaboration with the Deutsch-Chinesischer Kulturbund and Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Music: Neela Ramanuja (vocal), S.V. Giridhara and ensemble (Indian percussion), Ravichandra Kullur (Flute)
- Dancers: Rajyashree Ramesh, Sudharshana Kumar and Rasika Dance Ensemble
Rainbow Melodies (2001)
Dance production on the colours of musical notes
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Light installation: Günther Ries
- Music: Neela Ramanuja (vocal), S.V. Giridhara and ensemble (Indian percussion), Ravichandra Kullur (Flute), Nandkishor Muley (Santur).
- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh and Rasika Dance Ensemble
- Funded by the District Cultural Department of Berlin-Steglitz and in collaboration with State Museums Berlin
www.narthaki.com "Between East & West: Rainbow Melodies over Dance Theater Skies" (Review of R. Ramesh's Bharatanatyam performance in relation to contemporary Tanztheater and to some of Rudolf Laban's concepts; by C. Fernandes), June 2002.
Transi-Tradition (2001)
The classical and the contemporary
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- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh, Dr. Francis Barboza, Edsel Scott, T.D. Sudarshanakumar, Karen Taguet, Rasika Dance Ensemble and guest musicians
- Theater Karlshorst Berlin
Evolution (2000)
Dance - Martial Arts project
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh and Ensemble Rasika
- Kalaripayattu: Raju Karamban and ensemble
- Shaolin Kung-fu: Deutsch-Chinesicher Kulturbund
- Theater Karlshorst, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin.
Marichika (1999)
Multinational dance project
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- Concept, Choreography: Padmini Ravi, Rajyashree Ramesh
Dance: Padmini Ravi, Rajyashree Ramesh and Rasika Dance Ensemble (Bharatanatyam), Edsel Scott (Modern), Shanti Oyarzabal (Physical Theatre)
- Funded by the Berlin Senat - Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft und Kultur
Werkstatt der Kulturen, Asia-Pacific-Weeks 1999, Internationalem Theaterfestival Berlin.
Goethe's Iphigenie (1998-2010)
Dance and spoken Theatre on Goethe's German drama 'Iphigenie auf Tauris'
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- Concept, Choreography, Dance, Vocal: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Spoken Theatre: Erika Eller
- Music: Several musical scores with Mila Morgenstern (Base Flute, Bansuri), S.V. Giridhara (Mridangam, morsing), Nandkishore Muley (Santur), Neela Ramanuja (vocal), with recorded Indian orchestra, etc.
- Premiered in Bangalore, 1998 and Berlin 1999 (funded by District Cultural Department of Berlin-Schöneberg), with repeat performances at State Theater Winsen/Luhe (2000, for Goethe's 250th anniversary), COCA, St.Louis, USA (2002), Jaipur and Hyderabad (2003), Berlin (2002, 2005, 2007), Frankfurt/Oder (2010).
Fünf Elemente (1997)
Collaborative dance project Bharatanatyam-Modern
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- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh (Bharatanatyam), Annerose Schmidt (Modern)
- Funded for the Schöneberger Tanznacht by the District Cultural Department of Berlin-Schöneberg.
Moods & Rhythms (1996)
Dance - Talavadya (Indian percussion orchestra) stage production on the nine emotions/Navarasa
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh and Rasika Dance Ensemble
- Music: S.V. Giridhara and Nandi Talavadya Percussion Ensemble, Nandakishore Muley (Santur)
- In collaboration with Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Dance Immemorial (1995)
From Bharata - a dance history
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- Concept, Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh, Sita Meyer-Dohm and Rasika Dance Ensemble
- Music: Rajam Sethuram (vocal), Padmini Ravi (Vocal, nattuvangam), S.V.Giridhara (mridangam, morsing, ghatam)
- In collaboration with the Indian Embassy Cultural Centre and the State Museums Berlin
Ramayana (1994)
An interactive dance and narration project for children
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- Dance: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Narration: Martina Stoye (Erzählerin)
- Commissioned project for State Museums Berlin/Museumspädagogischer Dienst, presented several times at schools, libraries and museums
Geschichte der Mandodari/The story of Mandodari (1993)
Dance Theatre with masks for children commissioned for the Berliner Märchentage
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- Choreography: Rajyashree Ramesh
- Dance: Children's/students' ensemble Darpana
- Masks: Anne Robert
- Premiered at FEZ Berlin with repeat performance at Kulturlustgarten Mariendorf
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