Posts tagged “women of color”
“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. [...]
Thoughts on Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass
November 29, 2011 | Blog
Contributed by Kulvinder Arora Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass What does it mean for women of color to collectively perform their relationship to gold? Ananya Dance Theatre explores this question in their latest dance performance piece, Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass. In the opening scene of Tushaanal Fires of Dry Grass, dancers engage the glitter [...]
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 [...]
ADT’s “Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass” Debut at Southern Theater
July 15, 2011 | Events
ADT Opens the Southern Theater Season September 8-11 with “Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass” The second piece in a four-year, anti-violence project exploring the experiences of women of color across the globe.
