Producer & artist mentor for the Dance Film Nyra's Dreams written, directed and performed By Shalaka Kulkarni.

‘Nyra’s Dreams’ is a story of Nyra, who walks between different worlds and connects within her fragmented mind to women who teach her about strength, frailty, and hope, helping her realize her real quest to find her way back home to Dyavaprthivi, between heaven and earth. This quasi-solo play includes contemporary and traditional Indian classical dance, media, varied characters and humor to bring Nyra and her story to life.

Nyra is a fictional character derived from research about the Devadasi system and the history of the Indian Classical dance form ‘Bharatnatyam’. The research partially shows that the Devadasi system is believed to have originated in ancient India and still exists because of mythology that has textually, visually, and orally narrated through generations about various deities, monsters, and badass outrageous women in Indian culture.

Weekly one on one consultations with Artist and aspiring film maker Shalaka Kulkarni guiding shalaka through the creative and technical process of making her short film. 

Funded through See Chicago Dance – Dance For Camera Production Residency Program