Free Download Ananya Chatterjea, "Dancing Transnational Feminisms: Ananya Dance Theatre and the Art of Social Justice "
English | ISBN: 0295749547 | 2022 | 306 pages | PDF | 13 MB
Through empowered movement that centers the lives, stories, and dreams of marginalized women, Ananya Dance Theatre has revealed how the practice of and commitment to artistic excellence can catalyze social justice. With each performance, this professional dance company of Black, Brown, and Indigenous gender non-conforming women and femmes of color challenges heteronormative patriarchies, white supremacist paradigms, and predatory global capitalism. Their creative artistic processes and vital interventions have transformed the spaces of contemporary concert dance into sites of empowerment, resistance, and knowledge production.