Ivan Pulinkala
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Associate Professor/ Director of Program in Dance
Ivan Pulinkala received his M.F.A in dance from Mills College, Oakland, Calif., and his Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree from Hindu College, Delhi University. Originally from New Delhi, Pulinkala has worked professionally in the field of dance and musical theatre both in India and the U.S. His work has been commissioned for concert dance, musical theatre, as well as corporate and commercial film. While in India, Pulinkala served as the artistic director of his own company, performing and choreographing across the country. He served as the choreographer-in-residence for Delhi Music Theatre, and was named among the 25 Indian artists of the Millennium by the India Today Magazine in their December 1999 issue.
Pulinkala serves as the director of the program in dance at Kennesaw State University, and teaches classes in modern technique, choreography, dance history, dance appreciation, kinesiology and performance. He is the artistic director of the Kennesaw State University Dance Company. Pulinkala received the Board of Regents award for Teaching Excellence from Murray State University for 2005, and currently serves on the national board of directors of the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA). He has received art grants both in India and the U.S. for his work, and served as a guest choreographer in 2007 for the Atlanta Ballet choreographing a contemporary ballet Hyperspace that was part of their 2007-08 repertory. He was also commissioned by the Tony award winning Alliance Theatre to choreograph their 2008 production of “Eurydice.” Pulinkala was a co-founder of the Contemporary Dance Exchange in Nashville, Tenn., a company founded to promote modern dance in the Nashville community. He is committed to developing programs that bring dance to underprivileged youth as well as into the K-12 school system.
Training
Pulinkala has studied under a number of nationally and internationally known teachers and choreographers in both the U.S. and India. The following are some of the individuals who have strongly influenced his dance training and choreographic career:
Mary Cochran (Paul Taylor Dance Company)
Milton Myers (Alvin Ailey School/ NY City Center)
June Watanabe (Mills College)
Jeanne Solan (Netherlands Dans Theatre/ NY City Center)
Fernando Aguilera (Argentine National Ballet at the Colon Theatre)
Susan McGuire (Paul Taylor School)
Kathleen McKlintock (Mills College)
Molissa Fenley (Molissa Fenley and Dancers)
Peter Schabel (Broadway Dance Center)
Mark Morris (Mark Morris Dance Group)
Guest Artist Residencies
Pulinkala has choreographed and taught for a number of professional companies, colleges and arts organizations:
Atlanta Ballet (2006, 2007, 2009)
Washington Universityin St. Louis (2009)
University of South Carolina (2008)
Nirvana Films (2007)
Governor's School for the Arts, Tennessee (2006, 2008)
The Dancer's Studio (2007)
Middle Tennessee State University (2005-2007)
Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus (2007, 2008)
Spelman College (2006)
Modern Atlanta Dance Festival (2006, 2007)
Decatur Arts Festival (2006)
Shanghai International Theatre Festival (2005)
Shelter Repertory Dance Company (2005)
Full Radius Dance Company (2005)
Mundial Festival (2005)
Murray State University (2001-2005)
Western Kentucky University (2004)
Danceworx (2004, 2009)
Vanderbilt University (2003, 2004)
U.C. Berkley (2004)
Mills College (2004)
Contemporary Dance Exchange of Nashville (2003-2005)
University of Tennessee at Martin (2003)
American College Dance Festival (2004-2009)
City Lights Youth Theatre (2001)
Delhi Music Theatre (1994-2002)
American Embassy School (1997-2002)
St. George's College (1994, 1995)
Grants/ Awards
Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award 2005 (Murray State University)
KSU Faculty Incentive Grant 2006-07
Faculty Teaching Development Grant
Faculty Professional Development Grant
Committee on Institutional Studies and Research Grant
Individual Artist Fellowship Program Grant at the Kentucky Arts Council
Middle Tennessee State University International Guest Artist Grant
Choreography
Original Modern works include: Chakra (2009), Succubus (2009), Magnetic Fields (2009), Metastasis (2009), Incubus (2008), Hyperspace (2007), A Dream Discarded (2007), Cloud Burst (2006), Firestorm (2005), Migration (2004), No Way Out (2003), Inside My Twisted Mind (2004), Mock Abduction (2002), Touch Down (2004), Secret Garden (2003), To Be Baptized (2003), Passages (2003), Coffee Break (2003), As Time Moves On (2003), Popcorn Suite (2002), Dirty Business (2002), Offerings (2003), A New World (2002), Cycle (2002), Geometric Relationships (2001), Second Construction (2001), Slow (2000) among others.
Professional musical theatre choreography/ performance credits include: Tommy, The Music Man, West Side Story, Grease, Best Friends, Evita, Fame- the musical, Me and My Girl, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat among others.
Publications
Piper of the Soul (2010)
(Lambert Academic Publications)
ISBN# 978-3-8383-1149-4
The Sensuality of Indian Movement (2009)
(www.artconcerns.com)
Print 2010/ Online 2009
Professional Affiliations
American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
National Dance Association (NDA)
American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA)
Delhi Music Theatre (India)
Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (GAHPERD)
Read more about Ivan Pulinkala in his faculty profile or by visiting www.ivanpulinkala.com