The Department of Dance presents the half-day workshop, "Sensate Technicities: Across the Classical and the Contemporary," with keynote dance scholar-choreographer Dr. Ananya Chatterjea, director of the Minnesota-based contemporary dance company, Ananya Dance Theatre.
Dr. Chatterjea's talk will focus on the translation of classical technique in scholarship, traditional repertoire, and contemporary concert practice, as connected to social justice. The morning also includes traditional Indian classical performances and choreography by the Indian diasporic community in the U.S. and a masterclass on Yorchha (yoga+odissi+chhau).
The event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is required.
SCHEDULE
9:00 am: Join Zoom Meeting
9 :15 am: Introduction
9:30 am: Dr. Ananya Chatterjea
10:30 am: Meera; Choreography in Odissi by Dr. Rohini Dandavate
10:45 am: Mukhari; Choreography in Odissi by Guru Kumkum Mohanty
11:00 am: Masterclass on Yorchha by Kealoha Ferreira
This event is part of the project Indian Dance and American Communities: Expanding Forms and Audiences, led by Dr. Kaustavi Sarkar and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ananya Chatterjea, is a 2011 Guggenheim Choreography Fellow, a 2012 McKnight Choreography Fellow, a 2016, Joyce Award recipient, a 2018 UBW Choreographic Center Fellow, and a 2019 Dance/USA Artist Fellow. Her last work, Shātrangā: Women Weaving Worlds, has toured to the Bethlehem International Performing Arts Festival (Palestine), Aavejak Avaaz Festival (Delhi), Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond), Dance Place (Washington DC), Rutgers University (New Brunswick), Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan), Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh). Other touring experiences include Crossing Boundaries Festival, Addis Ababa, (2015), Harare International Dance Festival, Zimbabwe (2013), New Waves Institute of Dance and Performance, Trinidad (2012), and other national and international venues. Ananya is Professor of Dance at the University of Minnesota, where she teaches courses in Dance Studies and technique. Her second book, Heat and Alterity in Contemporary Dance: South-South Choreographies, with Palgrave McMillan, re-frames understandings of Contemporary Dance from the perspective of dance-makers from global south locations.