SHALAKA
KULKARNI

DANCER | CHOREOGRAPHER | ACTOR | WRITER

Shalaka interweaves themes of female identities and cross-cultural dance with new media and text.

Her work revolves around questioning societal norms empowering marginal voices and erased narratives, both in Western and Indian cultures.

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PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

SEE CHICAGO DANCE

2022 Selected artist for Dance for Camera Residency with See Chicago Dance. Dance film in editing stage and will be presented at film festivals in 2023.

HIGH CONCEPT LABS

A project in development at High Concept Labs as their 2023 Fellow Artist-in-Residence. The current project is a study of myths and mythological female identified figures in various cultures with an investigative focus in Indian culture. The story invokes a creature derived from myths and mythological stories of deities and monsters in Indian Culture.

MANDALA SOUTH ASIAN PERFORMING ARTS WITH SUPPORT FROM ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL

Residency supporting research, teaching and project development in the South Asian neighborhood of Devon in Chicago. The workshops called 'Mudras in Motion': a dance narrative workshop focuses on Mudras (hand gestures) present in Yoga and Indian Classical Dance form, Bharatnatyam as a way of personal expression, storytelling and wellness.