Homegrown Heroine Krystal Kiran Garib’s “Journey Home” with A.R. Rahman

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Garib, Sole North American Artist on A.R. Rahman’s World Tour, Performing at Air Canada Centre on Sunday Sept. 26

For some, a Vancouver born and Toronto raised artist performing in stadiums around the world with Oscar and Grammy winner A.R. Rahman may sound like “overnight success”, but for Krystal Kiran Garib it was a culmination of a lengthy collaboration with one of the world’s most famous and celebrated musicians.

Singer/dancer/actress Krystal Kiran Garib actually made her Broadway debut in 2004 as part of the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Rahman’s Tony-nominated musical Bombay Dreams, becoming the youngest South Asian woman to perform on Broadway in the process. Soon after, Krystal joined the cast of The Lord Of The Rings, for which Rahman, known as the ‘Mozart of Madras’, composed the score.

In addition to dancing at music concerts by Jay Sean, Jennifer Lopez and Alicia Keys among others, Krystal Kiran Garib landed roles alongside John Travolta in Hairspray and Jessica Alba in The Love Guru, even choreographing Alba’s Bollywood dance routine. An active philanthropist, Krystal has also produced numerous charitable galas including two for the Speech & Stuttering Institute, raising over $40,000 for the organization.

Now, as one of the key cast of Rahman’s Jai Ho: The Journey Home world tour, Krystal Kiran Garib has performed Rahman’s compositions from films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Couples Retreat, Guru, and Rahman’s 1992 breakout hit Roja at 7 stadium shows to date, reaching audiences of over 1.5 million. Krystal performing at an additional 5 stadium shows, including Rahman’s highly anticipated return to Toronto this Sunday, precede the cast’s upcoming 3 city tour of South Africa in November, among a number of potential Europe dates.

In-between shows, Krystal Kiran Garib has been working on directing a short film project for the Bravo! Channel, while balancing TV appearances on NBC’s Good Morning America and ABC’s Live With Regis And Kelly to name a few.

Krystal can also be found on the faculty of instructors for Broadway Bound International, and maintains one of her most important roles to date – Artistic Director of her former school, the Penticton School of Dance, in British Columbia.

For Krystal Kiran Garib’s official web site visit:

http://www.krystalgarib.com/

Photo courtesy of Bob Gundu

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