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Ananya Dance Theatre

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Location
Minneapolis, MN
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Project Title
Shyamali: Sprouting Words
Fiscal Year Awarded
2018
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$45,000

Choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea with an original score by Greg Schutte, Shyamali: Sprouting Words is a 90-minute work that explores how dissent fuels life force and growth, recognizes the courage of women who speak up and talk back to sustain communities against injustice, and celebrates women who refuse to be broken. Activities include public performances, Audience Empowerment Workshops, 15 Gestures of Dissent & Healing Workshops, story circles, open rehearsals, and cultural conversations. Shyamali is scheduled to tour to UtahPresents in Salt Lake City and to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Kahului. Estimated artist fee: $19,000/ performance, $27,000/week.

Tour Coordinator
Gary Peterson, Managing Director
Anaya Dance Theatre
tel 612.360.0107

Presenter Partners
Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh, PA)
Maui Arts & Cultural Center (Kahului, HI)
Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA)
UtahPresents, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)

Contact the tour coordinator listed above for information on this project’s tour dates, and to discuss joining a project’s NDP tour and receiving a Presentation Grant.

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