OUR

MISSION

Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT) is an ensemble of transnational feminist professional dance artists who create original contemporary dance theater, upholding artistic excellence in social justice choreography. Inspired by the lives and dreams of BIPOC women/femmes around the globe, we work to dismantle hierarchies and build liberation. Through community-embedded creative processes, we strive to build a multi-dimensional movement of arts for social change.

A dancer sitting with her body in a V shape, with straight back and legs extended, arms stretched straight in front of her. Her skin is dark brown. She is dressed in flowing, light orange silk.

As an ensemble of

transnational feminists,

we extend ourselves

beyond conventions of

dance-making

AND sharing, towards

dancing as

a methodology

of community-organizing

and movement-building.

Two dancers with dark hair clad in yellow silk. They both stand in a twisting upright pose with one arm extended upward over their left shoulders.

Through our

creative and

performance practice,

we strive to dismantle

the hierarchies of

race,

gender,

caste,

class,

sexuality,

nationality,

ability,

and other identifiers

that have come to be

entrenched

in mainstream culture.

A dancer holds a difficult pose: supporting her weight on her only hands, she tilts her head to the floor and raises her legs in the air, knees bent.

We are committed

to the broader

movement

of undoing

the violences of

racism,

casteism,

white supremacy,

toxic masculinity,

Empire,

colonization,

slavery,

genocide,

and other aggressions

through the

power and poetry

of our dancing.

A group of 7 dancers, bodies close together, some kneeling and some standing. All face different directions and wear serious expressions. They are covered in dramatic shadows.