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ArtsCriticAtl.com
"Roem" felt more grounded- as if gloATL was settling in to its home, musing on its architecture. In a prologue by guest choreographer Ivan Pulinkala, Tony Doctor Jenkins slowly walked the long ramp extending from the High's entrance towards Peachtree Street. (July 2010)

Creative Loafing
Something old, something new, something local: Atlanta Ballet's Sheer Exhilaration. (May 2010)

ArtsCriticAtl.com
Atlanta Ballet prepares for "Sheer Exhilaration," a show of greatest hits and new works. (May 2010)

Marietta Daily Journal
Atlanta Ballet preps for season's end with "Sheer Exhilaration." Artistic Director John McFall has also invited Kennesaw State University dance director Ivan Pulinkalato stage his 7-minute groundbreaking piece"Lost." (May 2010)

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
The Atlanta ballet features classics, as well as new works for season finale. "Lost" choreographed by Ivan Pulinkala. (April 2010)

BroadwayWorld.com
Atlanta Ballet presents Sheer Exhilaration as season finale. "Lost" [choreographed by Ivan Pulinkala] will feature Atlanta Ballet company member and KSU student John Welker. (April 2010)

ArtsCriticAtl.com
Last weekend, two metro Atlanta schools were chosen to perform in the National [American College] Dance Festival in May at the Kennedy Center in Washington ... Kennesaw State University dance students will perform KSU dance program director Ivan Pulinkala's "Chakra." (March 2010)

Dance Magazine
Two standouts were INCUBUS by Kennesaw State University's Ivan Pulinkala. His cast of seven men hung from and climbed on a giant trellis that was moveable in three parts (by Ming Chen). The piece was not only ingenious but somehow heroic. - Wendy Perron (September 2008)

Pointe Magazine
Kennesaw State university's dance program brought "Incubus" choreographed by faculty member Ivan Pulinkala. The all-male cast was quite impressive, but it was the choreography that stole the show. (July 2008)

Online Athens
Atlanta Ballet brings modern choreography to Athens. (January 2008)

Dance Magazine
The program has been in the works since 2005, when director of dance Ivan Pulinkala- whose own work includes a recent commission for Atlanta Ballet- brought a fresh perspective to campus. (November 2008)

The Sentinel
Dance Company growing on the eve of spring concert, "Incubus." (February 2008)

Kennesaw State University (Pg 2)
KSU Dance Company brings crowd to their feet in New York City, aims to do the same across the globe. (June 2008)

HomeTownCobb.com (Pg2)
Kennesaw State Dance Company's premier sells out early, features finale with Atlanta Ballet. (February 2007)

The Sentinel
Dance concert to premier to sold out theatre. This week's packed-house performances sure to entertain. (February 2007)

Creative Loafing
Ivan Pulinkala- the new director of Kennesaw State University's dance program- partners with Kim Neil Nofsinger for a duet on separation. (March 2006)

The Hindustan Times
In India, Ivan has been guiding dancers to international scholarships. Son of legendary theatre director George Pulinkala. (January 2005)

The Murray Ledger and Times (Pg2)
"Firestorm" production bittersweet for artistic director (April 2005)

Murray State News
Inside My Twisted Mind. Dance, music ensembles combine for spring concert. (April 2004)

DASH Magazine (Pg 2)
Glide. Float. Soar. Wing. Sail in mid-air. Ivan Pulinkala does it all with stunning bravura and enchanting grace, redefining, every single moment, the magic of dance. (April 2003)

Hindustan Times City
Ivan Pulinkala, son of director George Pulinkala...He lives and breathes dance, literally, and nothing can excite him more than this art form. (July 2002)

Delhi Times
Delhi Times captures the spring in the step of Ivan Pulinkala as the choreographer and modern dance exponent wears an air of grace ahead of the take-off of his latest production. (August 2002)

Hindustan Times Horizons
Dancing to his tunes. For Ivan Pulinkala, dance is his first and only love. (August 2002)

West Delhi Plus
Sometimes you are struck by the grace and agility of a dancer, sometimes you are delighted by the precision of technique, but sometimes, just sometimes, you are left spellbound by a performance which not just harmonises style, beauty, space, spirit and time but transcends it. That is what one feels when one watches Ivan Pulinkala perform on stage. (January 2002)

India Today Magazine
25 Top Indian Artists of the Millennium. Ivan Pulinkala- The Fusionary (December 1999)


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