Marriage: It Isn’t Really A Choice
September 22, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah I go to bed with ideas lately after hearing [...]
Fire From Dry Grass
September 20, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah Should I blame the mothers, or the villagers [...]
Women Who Fly
September 15, 2011 | Blog
Nimo Farah was invited to share her words and images in the lobby during our run of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. We were honored by her talents and our audience were moved by her. We wanted to share, once again, the work of Nimo Farah My mother wants more for me than she’s [...]
Ananya Dance Theatre: Light-hearted Whimsy Isn’t Spoken Here
September 8, 2011 | Blog
Submission by Gina Kundan As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts, development of Tushaanal has relied on each dancer to not only hone and articulate their artistic craft, but also to research all the many attributes of, and associations with, gold. Each dancer contributed research and concepts for the work. Some examples include Chitra Vairavan [...]
Ananya’s Movement Vocabulary
September 6, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Camille LeFevre For years, I had the pleasure of reviewing Ananya Dance Theatre as a dance critic. Today, I have the greater pleasure of being the Director of Public Relations for the company. Last spring, at Ananya’s insistence (she has a way of saying, “Camille, please, will you do this for me,” that’s [...]
Conflict Minerals
August 30, 2011 | Blog
Contirbuted by Negest L Woldeamanuale How many times? How many times before? How many times before a child can walk 12 miles to school without hearing bullets busting rusted roofs? How many times before a father could farm without seeing limbs on the brown soil that would feed his children, mother and sisters? How many [...]
Scars of Filigree
August 27, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Lela Pierce embodied memories reaching behind the past to the present emotion of nothing. washed and swept out while leaking puss of tears, oozing mind juice out tiny orifice pores, and falling falling, falling in and out of here in and out of reality security consciousness knowledge bliss the ultimate embarrassment [...]
Vow for the Price They Promised
August 25, 2011 | Blog
Some words from Laurie Carlos Some of us have lives as women Myths around dreams Crystal clusters An exchange for the life of a person Crystal habits Hardness /gravity /fracture Color luster Transparency of intent Exchange A woman A child Include streaks /jagged/ isometric Life of both sisters an exchange/ a specimen / stunning mouth [...]
Tushaanal: A 2nd Sneak-Peak
A second preview of the upcoming prermier of Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass September 8-11th at the Southern Theater Choreography by Ananya Chatterjea. Video by Helena Osswald, 2011.
Hey Big Spender!
August 18, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Gina Kundan Gold diggers, temporary wives, and ravenous babes coming to a gold mine near you! Mothers desperate to feed their families, young girls trafficked, entrepreneurs seeking adventure and fortune. They come as merchants, as cooks. Some come by choice, some by force. They come for the promise of high earning potential. They [...]
