Posts tagged “poetry”
“Find Me”
January 10, 2012 | Blog
Chitra Vairavan trained in Bharata Natyam with Hema Rajagopalan. In 2004 she began her journey in contemporary Indian movement through Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT). Chitra has since become a principal dancer in the company and received the 2008 Sage Cowles People’s Choice Award and been named Artist to Watch by Minnesota Monthly in 2011. [...]
The Story That Wrinkles Tell
September 27, 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 gray hair makes men listen. And when people [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Illuminations from Soraya M.
August 2, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Renee Copeland I watched the film “The Stoning of Soraya M.” as research for last year’s production, Kshoy! Now, in this new project, Tushaanal, Soraya’s story persists in my mind, and I realize this is not a “new” project. Nothing is new when it comes to stories of violence and greed, told repeatedly [...]
