Forums & Presenters

Ananya Dance Theatre is committed to interweaving artistic excellence with the passion to make socially and politically relevant dance.   The artistic excellence and increasing impact of its work is obvious in this selected list of its presenters, which includes both national and international fora, artistic venues and more community-focused and educational spaces: the Southern Theater, Momentum: New Dance Works series co-presented with Walker Art Center, MN; Kalanidhi Fine Arts, New Directions in Indian Dance Conference/ Festival, Canada; National Center for Performing Arts, Mumbai, India; Sono Seni Theater, Solo, Indonesia; Sutra Dance Theater, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia; Harborfront Theater, Toronto, Canada; India International Center, Delhi; Habitat Center, Delhi, India; Nehru Center, London, UK; Under the Stars Festival, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia; Lighthouse International Center, Asian women's shelter, NYC; National Women's Studies Conference Opening Ceremony; Weisman Museum, Celebration of Women's Achievements, MN; National Teleconference of Women In Higher Education, MN; Weisman Museum, Poetry and/ as Theory Conference, MN; Balch Institute, South Asian Exhibition, PA; Betty Oliphant Theatre, New Directions in Indian Dance Festival/ Conference, Toronto, Canada; Brecht Theatre, Diasporadics Festival, NYC; MN Advocates for Human Rights, International Women's Day, Minneapolis; Multicultural Performance Series, FL; The Other Festival of alternative performance, Chennai, India; Asian Arts Alliance Performance Space, Spotlight on Women in Motion, PA; Asian Arts Alliance, South Asian Youth Summer Festival, a progressive community-based cultural forum, NYC; Battery Park Stage, Independence Day Celebration, NYC; Columbia University, Indic Research Centre, Sita Symposium, NYC; Desh Pardesh International Festival, a left political-cultural forum for South Asian peoples, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Canada; Riverside Church Theatre, Second Harlem Festival, in collaboration with Sonia Sanchez, NYC; St. John's College, Domestic Violence Conference, NYC; Asian Arts Alliance, Artist Showcase, PA; Balch Institute, Women of Color Performance Series, PA; Brown University, Asian History Month Celebration Series, RI; Conwell Auditorium, Choreographers Showcase, PA; Manavi, Fundraiser for South Asian women's shelter, NJ; Sakhi, South Asian women's shelter, NYC; Rutgers University, Institute of Research on Women, Representing Women Conference, NJ; South Street Seaport Stage, Diwali Festival, NYC; Conwell Auditorium, Rhythmfest (collaborative project), PA; Museum of Natural History, India Day Celebration, NYC; Painted Bride Arts Centre, International Women's Theatre Festival, PA; Greenfield Intercultural Center, PA; Hope Shelter and transitional home, TX; New World Theater, MA; Atwood Theater, St. Cloud University, MN; and for student organizations at universities such as U. Penn., U. Mass., Drew (NJ), and Temple (PA).