OUR
MISSION
Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT) is an ensemble of transnational feminist professional dance artists who create original contemporary dance theater, upholding artistic excellence in social justice choreography. Inspired by the lives and dreams of BIPOC women/femmes around the globe, we work to dismantle hierarchies and build liberation. Through community-embedded creative processes, we strive to build a multi-dimensional movement of arts for social change.
As an ensemble of
transnational feminists,
we extend ourselves
beyond conventions of
dance-making
AND sharing, towards
dancing as
a methodology
of community-organizing
and movement-building.
Through our
creative and
performance practice,
we strive to dismantle
the hierarchies of
race,
gender,
caste,
class,
sexuality,
nationality,
ability,
and other identifiers
that have come to be
entrenched
in mainstream culture.
We are committed
to the broader
movement
of undoing
the violences of
racism,
casteism,
white supremacy,
toxic masculinity,
Empire,
colonization,
slavery,
genocide,
and other aggressions
through the
power and poetry
of our dancing.
