Shyamala Moorty is a director, choreographer, and facilitator who values collaboration, connection and transformation through the arts. Her interdisciplinary work draws on dance, theater, multimedia, and community engagement. She is a founding member of the Post Natyam Collective and the Dancing Storytellers, and has toured her work in Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, the U.K. and the U.S. She specializes in directing and choreographing devised ensemble work and nurturing the visions of multidisciplinary solo artists. New to film, Shyamala ventured into the medium during the pandemic, when live performance was not an option, and fell in love with it. She is based in Long Beach and teaches choreography at California State University Long Beach. www.shyamalamoorty.com