SHEETAL GANDHI
- AEA,
- SAG-AFTRA
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BROADWAY | ||
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BOMBAY DREAMS |
Priya (Lead) |
Dir. Steven Pimlott |
TOURS | ||
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, DRALION |
Lead; original creator of role |
North American Tour; 750 Shows |
BAHU-BETI-BIWI |
Lead; One-Woman Show |
International Tour |
WHO'S HUNGRY - SANTA MONICA |
Puppeteer and Performer |
501 (see three) Arts/Dan Froot |
JUNGLE BOOK |
Narrator/Mother Wolf |
Mohonk Mt. Theater Company |
REGIONAL THEATER (highlights only) | ||
THE SITAYANA |
Lead; One-Woman Show |
East West Players |
MAGIC FRUIT |
Choreographer |
Cornerstone Theater Company |
1001 NIGHTS |
Choreographer |
Circus Juventes |
LITTLE WOMEN |
Choreographer |
Westridge School |
CHILDREN OF EDEN |
Aphra/Snake |
Paper Mill Playhouse |
HUMAN NATURE |
Lead; One-Woman Show |
Grand Performances |
FABLES |
All Ensemble cast |
Denver Center Theater Company |
ARTWALLAH: THRIVE |
Artistic Director and Producer |
Highways Performance Space |
ARTWALLAH: AFTERLIFE |
Artistic Director |
Highways Performance Space |
JANE OF THE JUNGLE |
Choreographer |
South Coast Rep/J. Carillo |
HAIR |
Ensemble |
Northshore Music Theater, MA |
MAKING PARADISE - THE WEST HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL |
Choreographer |
Cornerstone Theater Company |
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE |
Choreographer |
Cal State Northridge/G. Lennon |
BABY TAJ |
Choreographer |
Theatre Works, CA/M. August |
TAMING OF THE SHREW |
Choreographer |
SF Shakespeare Festival |
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED... |
Domina |
Diablo Valley College |
WEST SIDE STORY |
Consuelo |
Irvine Barclay Theater, CA |
Television | ||
THE DEFENDERS |
Jury Foreperson |
CBS/Davis Guggenheim |
THE KILL CORPORATION |
Arbiter #21 |
Dynamic Range Media |
Television Appearances | ||
THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO |
Performance: Sheetal in Cirque du Soleil |
NBC |
THE DONNY AND MARIE SHOW |
Performance: Sheetal in Cirque du Soleil |
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LIVE WITH REGIS AND KELLY |
Performance: Sheetal in Bombay Dreams |
WABC-TV |
Film | ||
GREEN EYED GIRL |
Lead |
Vanita Shastry |
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PRESENTS DRALION |
Lead |
DVD released; airs on Bravo |
Commercials | ||
NISSAN "TRIPLETS" |
Lead |
National spot |
WESTERN UNION |
Lead |
National spot |
Voiceover | ||
OUTSOURCED |
ADR |
NBC |
Recordings | ||
CHILDREN OF EDEN |
original American cast album |
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Industrials | ||
CHINA POP |
Lead Singer (in Mandarin) |
Amway/Dubai |
2013 GRAMMY'S AFTER PARTY |
Lead Dancer |
Bollywood Step |
HARASSMENT IS... |
Lead |
Coastal Training Technologies |
LEAKPROOF |
Lead |
Coastal Training Technologies |
SLAM! |
Lead dancer and drummer |
Overland Entertainment |
Choreography and Dance (highlights only) | ||
SESSION NO. 2 WITH LACO |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Hauser & Wirth; Four Larks |
INDIAN MYTHOLOGY & ME |
Dancer and Choreographer |
LA Music Center and Segerstrom |
STUCK |
Choreographer |
UCLA |
IN/EXPIRATION |
Dancer and Choreographer |
REDCAT |
6 MINUTES |
Choreographer |
Pomona College |
TAKERS |
Choreographer |
Pomona College |
IN/EXPIRATION |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Florida Dance Association |
BIG! WORLD! FUN! |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Ford Amphitheater |
HANDS UP! |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Miles Memorial Playhouse |
FIRESIDE AT THE MILES |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Miles Memorial Playhouse |
HIGH VOLTAGE |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Electric Lodge |
CREATIVE SEEDS |
Dancer and Choreographer |
Cornerstone Theater |
HADDASAH; KISSED BY THE GODS |
Principal dancer |
Joyce Soho, NYC |
POSSESSION |
Evoke New Works Festival |
East West Players, LA |
I AM YOU |
Choreographer in Residence |
Annenberg Community Beach Hous |
I LONGED TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING |
Principal dancer and collaborator |
Colorado College |
KOO KOO |
Choreographer |
Suzanne Dellal Center, Israel |
DIT TAM |
Choreographer |
Suzanne Dellal Center, Israel |
CALABASH |
Bao Bao Festival |
Boulder, Colorado |
CALIFORNIA CONTEMPORARY DANCERS |
Artistic Director |
2002-2004 various venues |
NOVISI CULTURAL TROUPE |
Dancer |
Ghana, West Africa |
Education | ||
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), UCLA |
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B.A. with Honors, UC Irvine |
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Training | ||
Acting: |
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Margie Haber Studios |
Cold Reading/On Camera technique |
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American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco |
Scene Study |
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Larry Moss Intensive |
Scene Study |
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H.B. Studios, NYC |
Scene Study |
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Singing: |
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Neil Semer, NYC |
Western technique |
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Mala Ganguly, Los Angeles |
North Indian classical technique |
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Skills | ||
Choreography |
Dance: Modern/Contemporary |
Dance: Indian Folk/Bollywood |
Dance: West African |
Dance: Jazz |
Dance: Tap |
Percussion: Vocal |
Percussion: West African Xylophone |
Percussion: Calabash |
Singing: A cappella |
Singing: Soloist/Bands |
Gardening |
Pilates Instructor |
Mentoring |
Teaching |
Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'1" |
Weight: 125 lbs |
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Choreography, Gardening, Percussion instruments, Pilates, Vocal Percussion, West African Dance, Singing in Mandarin, Snorkeling, Snow Skiing - General, Dance - Bhangara, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dance Salsa, Dance Tap, Dancer, Improvisation, Percussion, Singer, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Style: Belt, Voiceover, American - Southern Accent, British - BBC English Accent, East Indian Accent, Persian Accent
Sheetal Gandhi is a National Dance Performance (NDP) and MAP Fund award-winning director/choreographer, actor and educator. Her work has been described as “eloquent, inventive, virtuosic dance-theater” by the Philadelphia Inquirer utilizing “incisive commentary offset by brilliant touches of humor” (Narthaki). Gandhi uses movement, complex rhythmic structures, humor, theatricality and live singing to craft virtuosic and evocative physical/vocal vocabularies that are sophisticated yet accessible.