Birthday:
February 25
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Joining date:
September 21, 2014
Do you want this account to represent:
individual
If you are representing an organization, what is the name of the organization:
Meenakshi Productions
If you are representing an organization, what kind of organization?
Artists Services, Producer, Education, Media
First Name (Required: even if you are representing an organization you must use your name)
Meena
Last Name (Family Name)
Murugesan
About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!
Meena Murugesan is a choreographer, filmmaker, researcher, and teaching artist. She investigates the ways in which South Asian dance histories intersect with Eurocentric dance histories, and how these junctions might be re-choreographed and visibilized through live performance and multi-media. She strives to make these connections between past and present structures of power relevant to herself, collaborators, and audiences. Born and raised in Montréal, Canada, she has been living in Los Angeles for the last three years where she completed her MFA in dance from UCLA, Department of World Arts and Cultures / Dance (2014). Meena’s movement practice is deeply rooted in bharata natyam, improvisation, somatic body practices, and house dance (key teachers include Vasantha Krishnan, Josefina Baez, Zab Maboungou, Marie-Claude Rodrigue, Michael Greyeyes, Dazl, Rennie Harris). Meena is a currently a member of PostNatyam Collective, finishing up two dance films, touring her latest performance work "we used to see this."
Occupation ( maximum of three):
Movement artist (dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Stage director (choreographer/ theater director), Interactive designer (video and sound installations/ performances and networked spaces), Video and film (screen-dance), Administrators/Artist services, Producers (art venues/ festivals/ residencies), Independent Educators (consultant/ instructors/ workshop leaders/ lecturers/ researchers), Media producers
