cloth and body
by Chitra Vairavan
Directed by Masanari Kawahara
cloth and body is an experiment in choreographing time and space through embodied choices. Chitra Vairavan will explore Pillsbury House Theatre through a practice of deep listening and freedoms/poetics of choice.
BIOGRAPHY: Chitra Vairavan is a contemporary Indian dancer and choreographer of Tamil (South Indian)-American descent. Vairavan is immersed in both Tamil culture and progressive brown politics in the U.S. She dances to heal and creates to help heal others. Vairavan is a founding member of Ananya Dance Theatre and a dance collaborator with Aniccha Arts. She received the 2016 McKnight Dance Fellowship. Dance Magazine named her “25 to Watch” in 2017.