Dust - US Premiere
A multi-cultural collaboration between Anita Ratnam, Arangham Dance Theatre, India & Mark Taylor, Dance Alloy, USA, May 2001
The premiere of DUST was performed at the Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, USA, in May 2001. Two more performances at the
Byham between September 13-15, 2001 created a stir soon after the September 11 tragedies that hit America. Anita
opened the work with Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Where the Mind is without fear". Over 300 people attended the show
and joined in a tearful but elated ovation at the conclusion.
The work impressed many presenters in the USA and was invited to America's most prestigious performing arts university,
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, in March 2002. This was followed by a one week residency on campus, in Indian
classical and contemporary dance. DUST visited several cities in the U.S. in spring 2003.
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