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Ananya Chatterjea

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Minneapolis-St. Paul-based choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, of Ananya Dance Theatre, discusses her work Dastak, a socially distanced, site-specific work about the multiple crises facing the U.S. right now. For Dastak, she collaborated with writer and jazz artist Sharon Bridgeforth, singer and cellist Spirit McIntyre, and composer and musician Dameun Strange. UnSequenced is a podcast in which we discover the stories and emotions behind the movement. Each episode dives deep into the creative process with a choreographer, documenting what compels them as an artist, what drives their artistic decisions for a particular work, and what unexpected things come up along the way.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-based choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, of Ananya Dance Theatre, discusses her work Dastak, a socially distanced, site-specific work about the multiple crises facing the U.S. right now. For Dastak, she collaborated with writer and jazz artist Sharon Bridgeforth, singer and cellist Spirit McIntyre, and composer and musician Dameun Strange. UnSequenced is a podcast in which we discover the stories and emotions behind the movement. Each episode dives deep into the creative process with a choreographer, documenting what compels them as an artist, what drives their artistic decisions for a particular work, and what unexpected things come up along the way.

Ananya Chatterjea is Ananya Dance Theatre founder, artistic director, choreographer, dancer. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Choreography Fellow, 2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow, 2016 Joyce Award recipient, 2019-2020 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Fellow, and a 2019 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. In this interview Ananya speaks of growing up in Kolkata, India learning about transnational feminist &amp; women’s movements, urban beats, social justice and the drum beat of women's daily life in dance. She speaks of coming to the US to study at Columbia university (NY), and later temple University where she received her (Ph.D). Ananya shares her Journey with what it means to make a dance and the how her commitment to social justice taught her to choreograph. With Social Justice roots learned in India Ananya  speaks of balancing the weight of loneliness and work as a young working single mother by building her own company - teaching dance to women of color, making work, and building community - while creating space for WOC to share their stories and histories of colonialism, violence and resilience through dance.  More about Ananya at:  http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/bios/ananya-chatterjea More about Ananya and all dem Guests at: https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-2

Ananya Chatterjea is Ananya Dance Theatre founder, artistic director, choreographer, dancer. She is a 2011 Guggenheim Choreography Fellow, 2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow, 2016 Joyce Award recipient, 2019-2020 Urban Bush Women Choreographic Fellow, and a 2019 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. In this interview Ananya speaks of growing up in Kolkata, India learning about transnational feminist &amp; women’s movements, urban beats, social justice and the drum beat of women's daily life in dance. She speaks of coming to the US to study at Columbia university (NY), and later temple University where she received her (Ph.D). Ananya shares her Journey with what it means to make a dance and the how her commitment to social justice taught her to choreograph. With Social Justice roots learned in India Ananya  speaks of balancing the weight of loneliness and work as a young working single mother by building her own company - teaching dance to women of color, making work, and building community - while creating space for WOC to share their stories and histories of colonialism, violence and resilience through dance.  More about Ananya at:  <a href="http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/bios/ananya-chatterjea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ananyadancetheatre.org/bios/ananya-chatterjea</a> More about Ananya and all dem Guests at: <a href="https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.whoyopeopleis.com/season-2</a>

Episode 17 - Ananya Chatterjea

Minneapolis' Ananya Chatterjea shares the brilliant mind behind the works of Ananya Dance Theater in advance of her show this weekend. Find out how this Indian and contemporary dance choreographer holds space for women of color and places their stories at center stage. Content Warning: We briefly discuss an instance of domestic violence around eight minutes into the episode. BUY TICKETS: http://bit.ly/DiscoverAnanya

Minneapolis' Ananya Chatterjea shares the brilliant mind behind the works of Ananya Dance Theater in advance of her show this weekend. Find out how this Indian and contemporary dance choreographer holds space for women of color and places their stories at center stage. Content Warning: We briefly discuss an instance of domestic violence around eight minutes into the episode. BUY TICKETS: <a href="http://bit.ly/DiscoverAnanya" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/DiscoverAnanya</a>

21. Ananya Chatterjea

When you hear the words "theatrical dance", what comes to mind? Most of us can part ways with how we imagine the art form after hearing this interview. Dr. Ananya Chatterjea is a renowned choreographer, dancer, founder and Artistic Director of Ananya Dance Theatre. On this episode, Ananya breaks down the journey of creating her works, how a show evolves over the coarse of rehearsing for a whole year before each performance, and the battles always worth fighting for in dance. Today's featured song: "Send Off" by TufawonMore from Tufawon here: soundcloud.com/tufawonInstagram: @weaponofchoicepodcastFacebook: @weaponofchoicepodcastTwitter: @weaponchoicepod

When you hear the words "theatrical dance", what comes to mind? Most of us can part ways with how we imagine the art form after hearing this interview. Dr. Ananya Chatterjea is a renowned choreographer, dancer, founder and Artistic Director of Ananya Dance Theatre. On this episode, Ananya breaks down the journey of creating her works, how a show evolves over the coarse of rehearsing for a whole year before each performance, and the battles always worth fighting for in dance. Today's featured song: "Send Off" by Tufawon More from Tufawon here: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/tufawon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">soundcloud.com/tufawon</a> Instagram: @weaponofchoicepodcast Facebook: @weaponofchoicepodcast Twitter: @weaponchoicepod