Anandam Dancetheatre
Anandam creates live performances that explore the body as a curious and shifting filter for diverse viewpoints and practices. Performances are created from dissonant sources in often alternative spaces or re-visioned traditional ones, collaboration among artists is post-disciplinary, and the aesthetic interest is polycultural. Anandam develops unique partnerships and collaborations both locally and internationally to create large-scale works of public art, small intimate performances in alternative venues, shared programs, and festival activity.
Recent projects include Glaciology (Nuit Blanche, 2015), Weather (Bata Shoe Museum, 2015), Cascade (cited by Kathleen Smith at NOW Magazine as one of the top five dance shows of 2014), Seismology (Collective Space, 2014), and Divergent Dances for Windows and Walls (Bata Shoe Museum, 2012). Previously, the company has shared its repertoire with audiences in Ottawa, Kolkata, Cologne, Cape Town, Stolezenhagen, Montreal, New York, New Delhi, and Winnipeg.