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Full Length Works

A Game of Dice: A New Musical

Book/Music/Lyrics by Shyama Iyer

 

A Game of Dice reimagines the Mahabharata's pivotal gambling match as a modern musical about power, tradition and human dignity. When Yudhishthira's addiction leads him to wager everything—including his wife Draupadi—in a fateful game against his cousins, both families must confront how their obsession with winning has cost them their humanity.

2W | 8M  

The Sound of An Anklet: A New Musical

Book/Music/Lyrics by Shyama Iyer

The Sound of An Anklet is loosely based off of the Sillapatikaram, an ancient Tamil Epic Poem. In this adaptation, newlyweds Kruthi and Karthik's relationship is put in jeopardy when their friend Megha, a marine archeologist discovers an ancient anklet lodged at the bottom of the ocean. The artifact ignites Megha's battle with her corrupt supervisors, Kruthi's inner artistry, and a reconcilliation with love and truth. 

3W | 3M | 4 Ensemble

The Rasa Jar: A song cycle

Music/Lyrics by Shyama Iyer

 

This song cycle combines research into ancient Indian aesthetics (Bhava-Rasa Theory) and musical modes (Carnatic Ragas) with American musical theater, creating a fun interactive evening in which audience members are given beads that indicate what they feel as each song commences. 

4W

Journeys, A Bharathanatyam Dance-Play  

Written/Choreographed by Shyama Iyer

 

Journeys is a dance-play about finding home. Based off of diary entries made by Shyama's mother in 1997, the choreography tells the story of the various emotions that her mother faced as she journeyed from India to the United States.

Solo Dancer 

The Fortune Teller, A Bharathanatyam Dance-Play  

Written/Choreographed by Shyama Iyer

A Kurathi (Tamil tribal fortune-teller) helps a heartbroken woman by performing stories of female characters from classical Indian plays. Through these performances, she challenges the heroine to break free from stereotypical roles and choose her own path.

Solo dancer

Compositions

Carnatic Arrangements

Chamundeshwari (Shyama Iyer)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 01:51
Saraswati (Shyama Iyer)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 01:14
Saptaswara (Shyama Iyer)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 01:12

Musical Theater

Kannagi DEMO (The Sound of An Anklet)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 04:02
Kunti's Lullaby DEMO (A Game of Dice)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 01:14
Flames DEMO (Game of Dice)Shyama Iyer
00:00 / 03:02

Choreographies 

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