Described
as a "jolt of creative and comedic energy",
D'Lo is a Tamil Sri Lankan-American, political
theatre artist/writer and music producer, currently
causing the most trouble in Los Angeles.
D'Lo's work is a part of the vibrant tapestry
that sheds light on many of the issues of our
modern day society; brutality, justice, AIDS,
sexuality, political and social unrest and division
along ethnic and gender lines. D'Lo is a teaching
artist and has performed and held workshops extensively
throughout the US and Canada, United Kingdom,
Germany, Sri Lanka and India.
D'Lo's career work has included
being part of several performance groups (Artwallah,
Great Leap, Arpana Dance Company, Mujeres de Maiz);
working closely with diverse youth as a teaching
artist; establishing herself as both a solo and
collaborative performer and being published in
various magazines and anthologies.
D'Lo began developing talents as
a student of the piano at the age of three and
since then, has been instructed in vina and percussion.
Using Hip Hop as a guide, D'Lo formed the foundation
for her creative activism. D'Lo has also collaborated
with various dancers and dance companies, combining
and drawing parallels between Bharatha Natyam
and Hip Hop.
D'Lo holds a BA from UCLA in Ethnomusicology
and is a graduate of New York's School of Audio
Engineering (SAE).
In 2004, D'Lo had a sold-out NYC
run of her first play "Ballin With My Bois"
a queer hip hop theater piece. Currently, D'Lo’s
"Ramble-Ations: A One D'Lo Show", which
received the NPN Creation Fund Grant, is touring
statewide and will also have it’s LA debut
here at Highways.
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