DRAMATURG
DR. NIDYA SHANTHINI MANOKARA
Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara (PhD NUS)
is a dance researcher-practitioner. Trained
in bharata natyam, her academic research
interests include evolving Asian performance
practices and their affective registers.
She has taught a range of courses at NUS,
NTU and LASALLE College of the Arts. She has
completed a Dramaturgy Apprenticeship with
Centre 42.
Shanthini is also an External Assessor for
dance with National Arts Council.
Fascinated by diverse approaches to
performance making in the region, Shanthini
aspires to inculcate a culture of discursive
conversations about dance processes (of
dancing and dance-making) that would
strengthen professional ties between
choreographers, dancers and audiences.