Nihaarika Negi
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Nihaarika Negi is an International multi-award winning actor, an immersive theater-maker and an independent filmmaker. She makes conceptually inventive work that allows us to reframe marginalized narratives through a humanist gaze. Through her stories, she seeks to make space for diverse female Indian voices in a sustainable global context.
Her work in film and theater has been described as 'revelatory and thoroughly riveting' (Laurence Kardish, MOMA) and work 'that stands at the cusp of what could be an artistic breakthrough for Indian theater' (The Hindu). A Berlinale Talent 2021, her interdisciplinary work has been awarded the prestigious XR Market Award at the New Images XR Festival (France); and been supported by The Sundance Institute + Women In Film, Venice Biennale Development Labs, IFFR's Cinemart, Breaking Through The Lens at Cannes, TIFF and BFI's Film Markets, UK Arts Council, French Ministry of Culture - CNC, FACE Foundation, SPILL Festival, Roundhouse Theater, Serendipity Arts Festival and NFDC Film Labs. Her films have been screened at the National Center of Performing Arts, Bangalore Queer Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival (India), Women Make Waves Film Festival (Taiwan); have garnered critical-acclaim and awards at the New York Indian Film Festival, Washington DC South Asian Film Festival; been broadcast on Channel 4 (UK), Disney's Star Gold & Hotstar (India) and distributed globally by Amazon Prime.
She holds an MA in Physical Performance & Actor-Training from the University of Exeter (UK) - under master practitioner/pedagogue, Phillip Zarrilli, in the Psychophysical Acting methodology that uses principles of East-Asian meditative martial arts practices to create self-directed performance, train actors and create ensembles. She has further trained in acting/performance techniques like butoh, viewpoints, clowning and game-based improvisations in the UK; in narrative storytelling formats during her MFA at the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC in LA (US) and is a certified Sivananda Yoga Teacher.
Using performance, magical realism and contemporary folktale - Nihaarika merges these methodologies to tell stories that seek to capture our imaginative potential for healing and change.
Her work in film and theater has been described as 'revelatory and thoroughly riveting' (Laurence Kardish, MOMA) and work 'that stands at the cusp of what could be an artistic breakthrough for Indian theater' (The Hindu). A Berlinale Talent 2021, her interdisciplinary work has been awarded the prestigious XR Market Award at the New Images XR Festival (France); and been supported by The Sundance Institute + Women In Film, Venice Biennale Development Labs, IFFR's Cinemart, Breaking Through The Lens at Cannes, TIFF and BFI's Film Markets, UK Arts Council, French Ministry of Culture - CNC, FACE Foundation, SPILL Festival, Roundhouse Theater, Serendipity Arts Festival and NFDC Film Labs. Her films have been screened at the National Center of Performing Arts, Bangalore Queer Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival (India), Women Make Waves Film Festival (Taiwan); have garnered critical-acclaim and awards at the New York Indian Film Festival, Washington DC South Asian Film Festival; been broadcast on Channel 4 (UK), Disney's Star Gold & Hotstar (India) and distributed globally by Amazon Prime.
She holds an MA in Physical Performance & Actor-Training from the University of Exeter (UK) - under master practitioner/pedagogue, Phillip Zarrilli, in the Psychophysical Acting methodology that uses principles of East-Asian meditative martial arts practices to create self-directed performance, train actors and create ensembles. She has further trained in acting/performance techniques like butoh, viewpoints, clowning and game-based improvisations in the UK; in narrative storytelling formats during her MFA at the Peter Stark Producing Program at USC in LA (US) and is a certified Sivananda Yoga Teacher.
Using performance, magical realism and contemporary folktale - Nihaarika merges these methodologies to tell stories that seek to capture our imaginative potential for healing and change.