September 8, 2011, Thursday - Ananya Dance Theatre at Southern Theater (4 nights)

Show times for Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass

September 8: 7:30pm
September 9:  8:00pm
September 10: 2:00pm and 8:00pm
September 11: 7:00pm

Location:  Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, 2011 winner of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for Choreography, and her company, Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT), present the world premiere of Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass, September 8-11 at the Southern Theater. The piece is the second in a four-part, anti-violence series exploring how women in global communities of color experience and resist violence. Tushaanal (“fires of dry grass” in Bengali) revolves around stories of gold, an element mined and harnessed as capital, and a symbol of desire, beauty and artistry. Tushaanal is co-directed by Chatterjea, ADT’s founding artistic director, and OBIE Award-winning theater artist Laurie Carlos.