Ananya Chatterjea
Ananya Chatterjea | |
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| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Occupations | Dancer, Choreographer, Scholar, Professor |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Employer | University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Founder and Artistic Director of Ananya Dance Theatre |
| Notable work | The choreography of Chandralekha: re(de)fining the postmodernist/feminist awareness in and through dance; In Search of a Secular in Contemporary Indian Dance |
| Movement | Contemporary Indian Dance, Feminist Dance |
Ananya Chatterjea is a contemporary Indian dancer and scholar. She is the founder, artistic director, and choreographer of Ananya Dance Theatre, a professional, contemporary Indian dance company composed of women artists of color. She is also a professor of dance at the University of Minnesota. Originally from Bengal, India, Chatterjea now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.