Shows: June 12-15, 2008, Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm.
Post-show discussion Friday & Saturday
Venue: The Southern Theatre, 1420 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis 55454
Box Office 612- 340-1725
Tickets: $19 (includes $2 building preservation fee)
special exhibit: Audiences are invited to participate in the lobby exhibit about land rights violation prior to the show
urls: www.southerntheater.org www.ananyadancetheatre.org
conception and choreography: Ananya Chatterjea; direction: Dora Arreola; composition and musical arrangement: Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan; costume design: Rex; scenography: Tacoumba Aiken; poetry: Omiseeke Tinsley and Marcie Rendon; environmental justice organizers: Cecilia Martinez and Shalini Gupta. Daak, Call to Action, is an artistic response to historic and continuing land rights violations happening across the world from the Native communities here in Minnesota, to special economic zones in West Bengal, India, to the maquiladoras of Tijuana, Mexico. Second in our trilogy on environmental justice, Daak works through vivid dance images to share stories of trauma in global communities of color and the resistance and conjuring of hope that rises from desperation and devastation. Daak ends with a metaphoric call to action for audiences to lend their energy to the struggles of many women of color around the world around land and environmental and socio-cultural breakdown. This project is made possible by funding from the Jerome Foundation, St. Paul Foundation, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Institute for Advanced Study, and the University of Minnesota.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
Ananya Dance Theatre, an all woman-of-color dance company, is currently seeking volunteers interested in assisting in various areas related to the upcoming production, DAAK: Call to Action, to premiere June, 2008 at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Deborah Ramos
Community Partnerships/Volunteer Coordinator
612/ 626-2280, 612/ 388-5415
admin@ananyadancetheatre.org
Thank You. We appreciate your support!
Ananya Dance Theatre works with the belief that the search for excellence in artistry forges pathways to galvanize strong communities and generate forces of strength and beauty. With every project we seek to challenge ourselves in terms of artistry, execution, and production values and ultimately to question the widely-held assumption about the lack of artistic excellence in community-based artistic projects. (from Mission Statement, www.ananyadancetheatre.org)