These dance-for-camera shorts, created entirely using internet technologies, take inspiration from the Post Natyam Collective’s use of SKYPE to connect across distance.  Choreographed, written and performed by Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty, and Anjali Tata, the series was developed through the Post Natyam Collective’s long-distance creative process in collaboration with filmmakers Sangita Shresthova and Prumsodun Ok.  The Cyber Chat series includes: Cyber Chat, Cyber Spat (2009); Cyber Chat Revisited (2010); Cyber Chat 2.0 (2011); and Yes to Each Other: A Cyber-Manifesto (2013).

 

Yes to Each Other: a Cyber-Manifesto

Choreography and Performance: Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty, and Anjali Tata
Video Editor: Prumsodun Ok
Project Director: Shyamala Moorty
Sound Engineer: Loren Nerell
Sound Design: Ravindra Deo and Loren Nerell
Camera-work: Peter Arun Pfaff and Doug Hudson
The development of this work was supported in part by the City of Santa Monica Artist Fellowship Program.

 

Cyber Chat, Cyber Spat

Choreography and Performance: Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty, and Anjali Tata
Video Editorial Arrangement: Sangita Shresthova
Music Composition: Cynthia Lee, drawing on kathak rhythmic compositions from Bandana Sen and “Is Ishq Ke Hathon Se” sung by Begum Akhtar
Sound Manipulation: Loren Nerell

 

Cyber Chat 2.0

Choreography and Performance: Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Ling Lee, Shyamala Moorty, and Anjali Tata
Composition: Cynthia Ling Lee with Anjali Tata
Sound Engineer: Loren Nerell
Video Editor: Sangita Shresthova