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Ananya Chatterjea is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Theater Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota. She is also Artistic Direc tor of Ananya Dance Theatre, a dance company of women artists of color who believe in dancing to energize a future that is full of hope (www.ananyadancetheatre.org). Her book, Butting out! Reading cultural politics in the work of Chandralekha and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2004. She has recently performed in Osaka (Dance Box Festival), Jakarta (Indonesian Dance Festival), Kuala Lam pur (Sutra Dance Theater), and Minne apolis (Southern Theater). Her work has been celebrated as creating a unique model for bringing together high stan dards of artistry, a feminist conscious ness, and empowerment work with several communities of color, for having expanded the emotional and formal boundaries of Indian dance, and for the passion of her own dancing. She has recently been recognized as one of the “21 leaders for the 21st century,” by Women’s E-News (http://www.womensenews.org/21leaders2007.cfm).
Sponsored by Lealtad-Suzuki Center, Dean for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, President’s Office, Asian Languages & Cultures, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Civic Engagement Center, Psychology, Environmental Studies, Institute for Global Citizenship, Dean of Students Office, Theater and Dance, Campus Life, Provost’s Office, Center for Religious & Spiritual Life, Career Development Center, NARAL
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Ananya Dance Troup