Ananya Dance Theatre

Ananya dance theatre offered four free public workshops and events for young people and adults (3/31, 4/14, 7/27, 8/12) with a combined total of 65 attendees. Weekly classes (donation based) totalling 150 classroom hours and our annual two-week-long summer intensive (tuition based) drew a combined total of 123 participants. These convenings occurred in person, at the shawngram institute for performance & social justice, 1197 university avenue.

Ananya dance theatre presented one workshop and an excerpt of "antaranga: between you and me" at dance place in washington dc on nov 17-19, 2024 (44 attendees.) "antaranga: between you and me" was performed in full at links hall in chicago il on dec 6-7, 2024 (109 attendees) and offered classes for students at columbia college chicago and at northwestern university (32 attendees.)

Ananya dance theatre maintained a marketing presence at the 2024 apap conference in new york city, and also participated in the inaugural frogtown arts fest (a neighborhood festival in st. Paul, minnesota). Artistic director ananya chatterjea taught, spoke at, and attended several professional conferences: the 34th annual international conference and festival of blacks in dance (feb 2024); artistic associate kealoha ferreira attended the 13th festival of pacific arts and culture - hawaii in june 2024, and served on the organizing committee for the 2025 dance/usa conference. Adt conducted a choreography laboratory for emerging contemporary choreographers, launched a new logo and new website (including a public launch event attended by 50 people), launched a first-ever crm database of constituents, stored costumes and set pieces from past productions at an off-site facility, and maintained a physical facility beyond the requirements of specific program projects, management, and fundraising.