{"id":15569,"date":"2024-10-14T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/personal_portraits\/girish-kumar-rachappa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:52:49","slug":"girish-kumar-rachappa","status":"publish","type":"personal_portraits","link":"https:\/\/cms.cullberg.com\/en\/personal_portraits\/girish-kumar-rachappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Girish Kumar Rachappa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s1\"><b><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Girish<\/span> Kumar Rachappa<\/b><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">is a dancer and choreographer originally from India, holding diplomas from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (2015-17), and the Contemporary Dance School Hamburg (2017-20). Since 2017, he has been a member of the Eurasia Dance Project International Network. In 2019, he received an Artistic Residency at Studio Wayne McGregor in London for his solo project, while also studying with the company as part of Eurasia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s2\"><span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Girish<\/span> has worked as a freelance artist with several German companies, including HDC \u2013 Hamburg Dance Company, The Current Dance Collective, and Dancing Beasts Company.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"x_s2\">His choreographic works include<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>Sanatana<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">, a solo project performed virtually at the Gdansk Solo Dance Contest (Poland, 2020), and<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">, which premiered in 2021 in Hamburg. In 2022, he premiered<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>PASSAGE<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">in San Luis Potos\u00ed, Mexico, and<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>Shakti<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">in Hamburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s2\">Throughout his freelance career, <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Girish<\/span> has collaborated with choreographers such as Ursina Tossi, Fernanda Ortiz, Jascha Viehst\u00e4dt, Yolanda Morales, Ingjerd Solheim, and many others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s2\">From 2022 to 2024, he was part of the TANZ_KASSEL ensemble, where he choreographed<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>Panchajanya<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">and co-choreographed<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>Entitled 814<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">with Yannis Brissot and Emy M\u00e5rtensson Liljegren. He also worked with choreographers such as Sita Ostheimer, Andonis Foniadakis, Ashley Lobo, United Cowboys, Kristel van Issum, Yossi Berg, and Oded Graf, and performed<\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s3\"><i>Janus<\/i><\/span><span class=\"x_apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_s2\">by Noa Wertheim from Vertigo Dance Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p1\"><span class=\"x_s2\">In 2024, <span class=\"outlook-search-highlight\" data-markjs=\"true\">Girish<\/span> joined Cullberg Dance Company.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Girish Kumar Rachappa\u00a0is a dancer and choreographer originally from India, holding diplomas from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, Bangalore (2015-17), and the Contemporary Dance School Hamburg (2017-20). Since 2017, he has been a member of the Eurasia Dance Project International Network. 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