Karthik Hebbar

“All art is a kind of confession”

James Baldwin

Compser/ music / Vocals

  • “Shiva”, the bilingual play which was awarded with the IFA Grant
  • “Sreemant Yogi” a Bharatanatyam Theatrical Ballet for Sankhya Dance Company, produced by NARADA GANA SABHA, Chennai
  • “Nibhanda” Abstract, Dance Theatrical Production for Sankhya Dance Company, produced by Krishna Gana Sabha Chennai
  • “venu Gan” Solo Theatrical Production by Vaibhav Arekar
  • “Voice of Tagore” by Sankhya Dance Company
  • “When God is a Customer” Theatrical production by Padmini Ravi and Deepti Sudheendra
  • “Shadripu” Solo Act Swarada Bhave
  • Nadi and Kabir, Solo Act by Keerthana Ravi
  • Dharma Sthambha, Kannada Play
  • Gandhi play by Sanchaya Thater
  • Tukrana Kanasu by Sunilkumar Singh
  • Alegalalli Antaranga by Manasa
  • Purandara Darshana Ft Dr Seetha Kote
  • Tadatmyam ft Dr Seetha Kote, Mithun Shyam
  • Sudarshana ft Mithun Shyam
  • Navarasa KurukShetra ft Vaishnavin Natyashala
  • Bhagirati Ft Kavya Kashninathan
  • Apsara ft Kavya Kashinathan

Special Compositions

  • Kali Lullaby ( retelling of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s FEMINIST MANIFESTO)
  • Shoorpanakha Navarasa Gadya (Performed Widely now, a retelling of Shurpanakha through the lens of race, cast and indigenous identities)
  • Kaagam ( A composition in metaphors about erasure of Dalit and Bahujan hereditary arts )
  • Rutu Ahalya (feminist retelling of Ahalya with principles of Gatastha Yoga
  • Nayikas Re Imagined ( compositions on Contemporary women)
  • Dwara (Composition on Domestic Abuse)
  • Queer Jawalis ( a compilation of three Jawalis with a gender neutral and distinctive queer voice)
  • Nagalinga Pushpa – an ode to a flower
  • Aparajita – another composition based on the flower
  • Sakhi – two jawalis from the Sakhi’s Voice
  • Jhonpuri Thillana – dedicated to the first Jain Teerthankara 
  • Rama lullaby
  • Margam ( Entire Margams in Kannada for Ananya Cultural Academy)
  • Numerous other commissioned Bharatanatyam Based compositions