Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice

04/18/2024

In a serendipitous continuity of our letter-writing workshop on Ambedkar Jayanti, and honoring Dalit History Month, we at Ananya Dance Theatre are so delighted to collaborate with FD13 and host the fabulous artist Rajyashri Goody at Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice. Rajyashri is sharing a rehearsal for public “No good can come from over-modesty.” Monday 4/22, 6-7pm. Please join us!

For this newly commissioned work-in-progress, Goody honors, translates, and invites engagement with a specific text by the 17th century bhakti poet-saint Tukaram, quoted by Dalit leader, Dr. Ambedkar (1891-1956) in his newspaper Mooknayak, which states: काय करु आता धरुनिया भीड | नि:शंक हे तोंड वाजविले || नव्हे जगी कोणी मुकियांचा जाण | सार्थक लाजून नव्हे हित || Why should I feel shy? I have laid aside hesitation and opened my mouth. Here, on earth, no notice is taken of a voiceless creature. No real good can be secured by over-modesty.

Photo credit for Rajyashri Goody: Sheena Maria Piedade.
Ceramic Installation: "Losing All Touch" in New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2024).

04/05/2022

Register for this incredible class with Urban Bush Women http://bit.ly/UBWatADT!!!

Wed April 20 6:30-8pm cst

We are excited to share that ADT will be hosting a pop-up class on Wednesday, April 20th, with Urban Bush Women!

Registration link: http://bit.ly/UBWatADT

Master Class & Creative Process
Wednesday, April 20
6:30-8:00 pm
Shawngrām Insitute for Performance & Social Justice
1197 University Ave W, St.Paul, MN, 55104

Free Admission + Ticket Discount to UBW's Performance at O'Shaughnessy (4/23)
Participants

Join members of Urban Bush Women in a Master Class using UBW methodologies, a mix of contemporary dance movement practice, improvisation techniques, phrases from company repertory, and movement creation by participants. Each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make! We welcome Every Body to come and explore and discover their level of rigor and comfort.

This Master Class is part of UBW's presence in the Twin Cities, culminating in a (one-night-only!) concert performance at The O'Shaughnessy. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Urban Bush Women
Legacy + Lineage + Liberation
Saturday, April 23
7:30 p.m.

Link for tickets and more info:
https://oshag.stkate.edu/event/the-oshaughnessy-presents-urban-bush-women-2/

$5 Discount for the Dance Community (Select a seat, then enter "DANCE" in the Promo Code field at Checkout. )

Students attending in-person classes must provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination and must wear face masks during class. No exceptions.

Photo Credit: Dale D**g

09/30/2021

What are the waters you carry charged with?

Listen to Ananya Dance Theatre artists Laichee Yang, Parisha Rajbhandari, and অনন্যা চট্টোপাধ্যায় share about their water journeys in Dastak: I Wish You Me.

Buy your tickets for the October premiere today! https://oshag.stkate.edu/events/

09/26/2021

Sunday 9/26, Intro to Yorchhā is cancelled. We will continue with Yorchhā classes on Friday. Thank you!

09/21/2021

Ticket sales for Dastak: I Wish You Me, just went live!
Pay as able! Come see October 29 & 30
https://oshag.stkate.edu

09/17/2021

"Now, as ADT gears up for its fall performances it is reflecting on its growth and healing from last year. When strife, violence and pandemic have a grip over the world, arts companies like ADT don't sit back and watch. They carry onward."

Dastak: I Wish You Me, premiering at The OʻShaughnessy Oct 29-30!

Tickets on sale Sept 21, Pay as you can.

Ananya Dance Theatre uses creative movements to address social justice issues in "Dastak."

07/25/2021

Lizzette Marie Chapa begins Integrated Movement Patterns: Spine & Pelvis Series this Tuesday!!

Bring a towel and come to the Institute ☀️🌊🐚🤲💫💧🌙

07/20/2021

Documents of Our Times: Artists Talking Craft, Values, Inspiration, Vision. Our guest is Mohamed Kotb, whose food art intersects with cultural and spiritual practice, memory, and lineage. Specifically, he will talk about how his making of food and spices is infused with his practice of Sufism.
Recorded May 24, 2021 at the Shawngram Institute for Performance & Social Justice, St. Paul, Minnesota. Closed captioning available.
© 2021 Ananya Dance Theatre

Documents of Our Times: Artists Talking Craft, Values, Inspiration, Vision. Our guest is Mohamed Kotb, whose food art intersects with cultural and spiritual practice,…

06/01/2021

Come witness this performance of vibration, life-force, and collaboration June 11, 12 & 13 at our space!