Welcome to the portfolio of dance artist and writer Jamuna Chiarini.

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My name is Jamuna Dasi Chiarini. I am a professional dancer living in beautiful Portland Oregon with my husband and our 5 year old son. We moved her last summer from New Jersey. My husband is originally from New Jersey (I am from Berkeley California) and after living there together for 10 years we packed up our whole house, car, three cats and a rabbit and moved west. It was the best decision we ever made. We spend our weekends snowboarding up on Mt. Hood enjoying the beautiful natural splendor all around us. Portland is a bustling city full of creative people and inspiring arts events happening constantly. I have come home. In 2005 I started The Outlet Dance Project. I was pushed to create this project because I wanted to choreograph, dance and be part of a community of dancers which was sorely lacking in central New Jersey. I was originally working and teaching dance for the YWCA (Young Womens Christian Association) of Princeton NJ so when I created The Outlet I put a focus on women choreographers. Every year I present 12 women choreographers at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton New Jersey. Grounds For Sculpture is a unique 35 acre outdoor sculpture park. Half of The Outlet performance is site specific choreography based on and around the sculptures and the other half is on a stage. This year we are adding a dance film component to The Outlet to be shown in the screening room at the visitors center at Grounds For Sculpture. My official dance bio Jamuna Dasi is a performer, choreographer, and teacher from Berkeley, CA. She began her dance training at East Bay Dance Center, Oakland Ballet, and Berkeley High School in Berkeley California. She has received a Certificate in Performance from The School of The Hartford Ballet and a BFA in Dance from Florida State University. Jamuna has performed with Pennsylvania Dance Theatre, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Theatre, Acrodance Theatre, Opera Festival of New Jersey, New Jersey Opera Theatre, The Opera Company of Philadelphia, was a founding member and co-choreographer of Kalamandir Dance Company and performed with the Natya Leela Academy in “Devoted.” Additionally she has performed professionally in works by Robert Boross, Ze’Eva Cohen, Jose Limon, Joanna Mendleshaw, Claire Porter, Ronn Pratt, Martial Romain, Mathew Neenan and Kathy Young. Her choreography credits include ballets for Don Giovanni, L’enfant et les Sortileges, The Marriage of Figaro, Cheruban with NJ Opera Theatre and Kalamandir Dance Company. She has performed in CATS and Man of La Mancha in local New Jersey Community Theater. She has also taught in public schools and private studios and fitness studios in California, Florida, Central Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She has recently trained with Bala Devi Chandrashekar in Bharata Nrityam and with Subashini Ganeshan of Natya Leela Academy in Bharatanatyam and is currently studying Bharanatyam in the Vazhuvoor style with Sivigami Vanka at the Kalabharathi School of Dance in Portland Oregon. View more posts