frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • From time to time, we will advertise auditions for new company members. Watch our social media and local platforms like DanceMN for those notices. 

    Please note that Yorchhā is a highly rigorous practice and requires intensive/durational training to perform in a professional context. 

  • Our annual premieres perform at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at Saint Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105. Tickets usually go on sale mid-July. 

    We present a roughly 90-minute original work every fall, usually near the end of September. 

    That piece will often tour nationally and internationally over the following year. Check out Events to see where we are performing next!

  • Our work and relationships are based in mutuality. Come spend time with us! We offer weekly classes on a donation basis and a series of FREE public workshops that connect to the themes of each year’s premiere. If you are presenting work elsewhere, invite us! You can send us notices via Facebook or Instagram or at admin@ananyadancetheatre.org. We can’t promise to be there, but we’re always glad to know what our community is working on!

  • Visit our weekly classes page, where you can read class descriptions and see the current class calendar. 

    If you have questions about whether a specific class will be a good fit for you, email Artistic Associate Kealoha Ferreira, she’ll be happy to help you discern!

  • We offer FREE public workshops, thematically connected to each year’s premiere. These embodied events offer multiple ways for all bodies to participate in the ideas, emotions, textures, and relationships that feature in the work. All are welcome. Check out our events page to see when the next workshop is scheduled!

  • Our studio is called the Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice. We do not keep regular open studio hours. If you would like to have a conversation, please email us to make an appointment or if you are interested in renting our studio.

    If you are attending a class for the first time, the instructor will be available to let you in ~10 minutes before class start time. 

    If you are attending an event or workshop, doors open ~15 minutes before the start time.

  • Yes! Our studio is called the Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice. Please email us for details.

  • Come spend time with us! Join an event or workshop, or come for a class. See our premiere performances – all seats are pay-what-you-can, with a suggested price of $35. Follow our Facebook and Instagram, and share your thoughts and your experiences of transnational feminist social justice art with us.

    Individual donors have powered our dancing since 2005. If you are interested in making a donation – one time or monthly – please visit our donations page for details. If you would like to have a conversation about donations, email our Managing Director, Jennie Ward, to make an appointment.

  • We present a roughly 90 minute original work every fall, usually near the end of September, at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at Saint Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105. Tickets usually go on sale mid-July.

    That piece will often tour nationally and internationally over the following year. Check out our Events page to see where we are performing next!

  • The Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice is located at 1197 University Avenue West in Saint Paul. There is limited parking available in the surface lot on the east side of our building. There is ample free street parking on Griggs, Dunlap, and Sherburne. 

    Alternatively, we are steps from the Lexington Avenue Green Line station. 

    A bicycle rack is located on the west side of the building.

    The O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at Saint Catherine University is located at 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105. There is ample free parking designated for O’Shaughnessy use during performances. Please observe campus signage.

  • Check out the Foundations of our Practice page. Our interactive model can give you a quick overview of the landscape of our work, or you can take a deep dive into our resources and read The Manifesto and other foundational writings.

    Join one of our community level classes. The principles of Yorchhā can help grow mobility, strength, flow, and connection across difference for all participants, whether or not they are professional dancers. 

    Consider joining one of our ongoing weekly classes (semi-professional/professional level.) Contact Artistic Associate Kealoha Ferreira to discuss what class might be a good fit for you.

    Please note that Yorchhā is a highly rigorous practice that requires intensive and durational training to perform in a professional capacity.

  • Tickets to touring performances are available on the presenter’s websites. Please see Events for details.

    We present a roughly 90 minute original work every fall, usually near the end of September, at  at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at Saint Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, MN 55105. Tickets usually go on sale mid-July. 

    All non-performance events and workshops are free.

    All classes are offered on a donation basis.

  • At least one (of two) premiere performances is ASL-interpreted. 

    All events/workshops/classes: ASL provided on request. 

    Events at our Shawngrām Institute for Performance and Social Justice offer free street parking, on the Green Line, in a climate-controlled ADA-accessible space, with gender-inclusive restroom facilities. All online offerings provide auto-closed-captioning and, when possible, ASL interpretation.

    Events at The O’Shaughnessy Auditorium offer free parking, ADA building access, free companion seating for patrons using a wheelchair, assisted-listening devices, hearing protection for sensory-sensitive patrons, and digital programs for all patrons, including those with vision limitations.

    For touring engagements, please contact the presenter; links to presenter websites can be found at Events.