DANCES
POWER
TRANSFORMATION
PEOPLE
YORCHHā
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/2017/03/the-feminine-aesthetic-of-the-dakini/ [ADD WHAT LINK IS IF IT'S ANYTHING] Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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YORCHHā
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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PEOPLE
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
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Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
SHAWNGRāM
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Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
SHAWNGRāM
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Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
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DAAK
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
OUR COMMUNITY
COMPANY BIOS
YORCHHā
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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PEOPLE
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
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SHAWNGRāM
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
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PEOPLE
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
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Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
AANCH
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Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
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DAAK
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Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
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SHAWNGRāM
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Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
PEOPLE
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
YORCHHā
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/2017/03/the-feminine-aesthetic-of-the-dakini/ Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
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AANCH
Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
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AANCH
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Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
AANCH
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Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
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YORCHHā
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
SHAWNGRāM
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
AANCH
Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
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DANCES
POWER
TRANSFORMATION
PEOPLE
YORCHHā
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Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/2017/03/the-feminine-aesthetic-of-the-dakini/ [ADD WHAT LINK IS IF IT'S ANYTHING] Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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YORCHHā
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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PEOPLE
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
LEARN MORE
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
SHAWNGRāM
LEARN MORE
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
SHAWNGRāM
LEARN MORE
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
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DAAK
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
OUR COMMUNITY
COMPANY BIOS
YORCHHā
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
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PEOPLE
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
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SHAWNGRāM
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
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PEOPLE
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
LEARN MORE
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
AANCH
LEARN MORE
Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
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DAAK
LEARN MORE
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
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SHAWNGRāM
LEARN MORE
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
PEOPLE
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance fes, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
YORCHHā
LEARN MORE
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/2017/03/the-feminine-aesthetic-of-the-dakini/ Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
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AANCH
Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
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AANCH
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Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
AANCH
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Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.
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YORCHHā
Yorchhā™, the aesthetic of contemporary dance that is the hallmark of Ananya Dance Theatre’s movement, intersects principles from the traditional Indian dance form Odissi (from the eastern Indian state of Odisha), Vinyasa Yoga, and the martial art form Chhau (also from eastern India). Yorchhā™ is a movement practice anchored by social justice as it invokes the spirit of Dakini, traditionally embodied by destruction, chaos, and ultimately transformation. Dakini lives in the possibilities of audiences’ and performers’ discomfort and insists that the role of women’s rage and their spiritual ecstasy be seen in the arc towards equity. This tumult resolves through the choreography that weaves ritualistic performance and dances of the gentle warrior. Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea has continued to shape Yorchhā over 2 decades with a particular sense of nerve-based alignment, energetic flow, and elemental connectivity, to interweave power with flow. Yorchhha is characterized by a deep relationship to the floor, fast and intricate footwork, use of spirals in the upper part of the body, sculptural balances, extensions of the hip, movements of the torso, active limbic extremities, and curvilinear extensions of the spine.
DAAK
Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation, Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope that flow through our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation. Our concept of Daak emerges from our understanding of energy. The churning of Yorchhā™ and Shawngrām™ produces heat/Aanch. Heat rises. The energy generated by our dancing moves out from us to our audiences, making palpable the possibility of hope and change. To embody, to witness, is to know and to participate in an energetic connection. The call in our dances creates a circular, vibrant engagement that circulates among the dancers, the audience, and the community. Our call to action – based in prophecy, in a commitment to a different paradigm of energy, and in a material hope – is also a resolve that never settles. Rather, it awakens in us and in those who respond to it, a powerful vigilance that makes space for conversations but refuses to be co-opted by systemic hierarchies. And so, Daak becomes the synapse where large-scale shifts become imaginable, where social action is ignited. Daak is experienced in the theme-specific community workshops that precede every performance, in participatory moments during concert performances and public art events, in community conversations that we often host, our annual Audience Empowerment Workshop, among other events.
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
SHAWNGRāM
Shawngrām™ is resistance as an active shaping force, the vibration that weaves together the many different story fragments that are juxtaposed in the choreography, and the critical resonance that holds the work together. In our work, the principle of Shawngrām™ arises from our research of the lives and work of women/femmes in global south-south communities and our careful analysis of the world around us. The philosophy of Shawngrām™ drives us to cultivate active listening within our communities and vigilance to forces at work in our world. This is how we arrive at the themes for our transnational feminist choreographies, and identify the vibrational connections across different geographies and contexts. Just as our hands are stained crimson when we peel pomegranate and the juice spills onto our hands, yellow when we work with freshly ground turmeric, so Shawngrām™ shapes movement generation and choreographic choices. It invigorates our creative process and drives our performance and community-building work. It becomes a filter for our decision-making and creative choices. Shawngrām™ is also our accountability, encouraging self-reflection and critical assessment of our own practices as we build our work as a platform for multiple concurrent voices, articulated through the strong ensemble dancing that is central to our dance pieces. Shawngrām is often articulated through shared rhythms that articulate the layered emotional landscape of our works.
TRANSFORMATION
Our artistic work invites communites and audiences to dance with us towards liberation and shared humanity. Rooted in social justice, our artistic work hinges on an urgent invitation to Daak, a call to action. Daak flows through the stories of devastation and tragedy, celebration and hope, that is our dancing, resonating with artists and audiences in journeys of transformation.
SHAWNGRĀM INSTITUTE
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
power
The interaction of Yorchha, our unique movement language, with Shawngram, our philosophy of resistance, generates power. Yorchha is a contemporary Indian dance vocabulary that we have crafted by combining movement principles from the classical Indian dance form Odissi, the vinyasa and pranayama forms of yoga, and the martial art form of Chhau. Shawngram is struggle and resistance as an active creative force that informs technique and thematic content.
our mission
PEOPLE
Ananya Dance Theatre is a professional dance company of women artists of color. We are fierce optimists who believe that creating with intention can make a difference in the world. Our socially engaged artistic process builds community and nurtures leadership in cultural activism. This community includes our dancers, artistic collaborators, staff, board members, social justice collaborators, and audiences.
company bios
DANCES
Our dances are our choreographic responses to global issues. The elements in these dances--movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy--converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch.
BODY OF WORK
AANCH
Our dancing, whether in performance, workshop, or rehearsal, produces Aanch, heat and desire, sparked when Yorchhā™ fuses with Shawngrām™. The elements in our dances – movement, juxtaposition and connection of stories, metaphor, conjure, and revolutionary prophecy – converge with commitment to spark the chemistry that is Aanch. Physics (the theory of Thermodynamics) reminds us of the crucial relationship between labor, the production of heat, and shifting in energy. Our work, inspired by the passion for justice and the aspiration for liberation and beauty, invites us to imagine different ways of relating to each other and the world around us.Aanch also shapes our choreographic structure and the juxtaposition and adjacency of very different story fragments with earth other to create resonance across difference. The tension that is produced by juxtaposing difference catalyzes relationships and connections and forges heat. Lastly, Aanch articulates our desire, for a just world, for deep and expansive connectivity, and for each other. Aanch fills the interpersonal spaces among dancers as they articulate relationships of love and connection, and the hope that arcs through our works.