Who is Queen H a r i s h ?

Hailing from Jaisalmer, in the desert of Rajasthan,

Queen Harish once became a dancer purely instinctively,

with a total connection to the rich ritual and cultural
roots of his environment and gossips would also reveal
his serious addiction to watching Bollywood movie.


Harish started touring the world in 1997, dancing, as early as 18 years old,
featuring on stage with legendary Rajasthani music groups such as Musafir,
MAharaja and later embarqued as a solo performer.
Harish litterally lived on tour throughout all continents, and without a pause,
he also developped a career in India..

Learning much from his travels in the world of performing arts, he assimilated most of Flamenco, Middle Eastern dances and also met contemporary
dancers who introduced him to concepts, acting, body expressionism, pantomime ...

This lifestyle of experiences makes him a remarquable and unique performer,
labelling Queen Harish as the Indian contemporary performer who has the most
deeply rooted cultural traditions, or, taking it the other way, as the most progressive, modern and versatile Rajasthani traditional performer !

Queen Harish, The Dancing, Whirling Desert Drag Queen, Jaisalmer Rajasthan India : 1978

Dancer, Performer, Actor, Choreographer, Teacher of all Rajasthani dances, Courtly Harem Mujra, Bollywood and Contemporary Fusions.

Performed hundreds of shows in Europe with Musafir in 1997 & 1998.

Performed several hundreds of shows in Europe, America and Asia with Maharaja from 1999 till 2002

Hollywood Bowl - NYC Central Park - London Barbican - Paleo Fest.- Istanbul Jazz Fest.- Bombaysers de Lille - Palau de la Musica Barcelona - Tokyo Akasaka Blitz ...

Performs in India at most events by Designer Suman Jayakrishnan, Vikram Chatwal wedding, The Oberoi Udaivilas, Wills Delhi Fashion Week ...

Feature in the American film Gypsy Caravan about the same tour, Indo/French film Hari Om, US Canadian Bravo Rajasthani Music & dance documentary and numerous travel programs and performance broadcast ...

Presently most liked Indian Fusion Dancer in worldwide
Oriental dancers community...

Queen Harish's 2008 international dance workshops are sponsored by Terezka (Sydney), Kaeshi (NYC), Colleena ( Pushkar, San Francisco & Seattle), Fat Chance Bellydance Studios (San Francisco), Leilainia (San Diego), Jenna (Los Angeles), Mishaal (Tokyo), Tania Luiz (Osaka), Tamalyn Dallal ( Miami Orientalia 2002) ...

2008 guest dancer appearances with Cheb i Sabbah, Fanfare Cioccarlia, Rupa & The April Fishes...

International Tour in 2008 includes 2 weeks in Australia,
5 weeks in USA and 4 weeks in Japan.