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Story and a Song – contemporary dance theater |
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Boston
University Dance Theater, Boston, MA, USA July 20,21,27,28,
2007 |
Commissioned
by Navarasa Dance Company, Boston, MA, USA
Music composed/orchestrated/conducted by Prasanna
Choreographed by Aparna Sindhoor
Duration of score: 50 min
recorded + live narration
Instrumentation: Electric
Guitars, Alto Saxophone, Carnatic male voice, Female Spoken
Word, Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Morsing, Konnakol, Ghata
singari, Urumi, Talking Drum, Shakers, triangle, pots
and pans, bells, bass drum |
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| The Tempest – contemporary dance theater production of Shakespeare’s play |
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Everest Theatre, Seymour center, Sydney, Australia Aug 4,5,6,7, 2004 |
Commissioned by Lingalayam Dance Company, Sydney, Australia
Music composed/orchestrated/conducted by Prasanna
Choreographed by Astad Deboo
Duration of score: 65 min recorded + 15 min live guitar at performances
Instrumentation: Full Baroque sized string orchestra, String Quartet, Soprano voice, Carnatic male voice, Electric and Acoustic guitars, Bamboo flute, Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Thavil, Morsing, Konnakol |
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| DNA in Dance – Story of DNA through Indian classical dance |
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Tufts University, Medford, MA Sept 5, 2004 and UMASS, Dartmouth, MA, Oct 10, 2004 |
Commissioned by Ranjani Saigal/ Tufts University
Music composed/orchestrated by Prasanna
Choreographed by Kausalya Srinivasan and Ranjani Saigal
Duration of Score: 37 min recorded
Instrumentation: String Quartet, Female voice, Synthesizers, FX loops, Electric guitars, Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira, Uddukkai, Morsing, Konnakol, Thavil thattu, bells |
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| SANAATANA – CONTEMPORARY DANCE |
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Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK Sept 14, 2001 |
Commissioned by Institute of Fine Arts, London, UK
Music composed/orchestrated by Prasanna
Choreographed by Maresa Moglia (Mangalam Dance Company, Siena, Italy) and Krishnaveni Lakshman (Kalakshetra college, Chennai, India)
Duration of Score: 45 min performed live
Instrumentation: Soprano voice, Flute, Oboe, Cello, Harp, Electric and Acoustic guitars, Carnatic female voice, Veena, Violin, Mridangam, Ghatam, Morsing, Kanjira, Konnakol |
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| LAGAAN (OSCAR NOMINATED INDIAN FILM) SOUNDTRACK, Sony Music, 2001 |
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Commissioned by music composer A.R.Rahman
Title track for String Orchestra arranged/conducted by Prasanna
Instrumentation: 8 violins, 12 violas, 2 cellos, bass |
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| SOLILOQUY – CONTEMPORARY DANCE |
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Museum
Theatre, Chennai, India, Feb 28, March 1, 1997 |
Commissioned by Padmini Chettur
Music composed/orchestrated by Prasanna
Choreographed by Padmini Chettur
Duration of Score: 61 min recorded
Instrumentation: Electric guitar, Synthesizer, Carnatic vocal, Bamboo flute, Violin, Mridangam, Ghatam, Kanjira and Konnakol |
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