
Ranjana Dave
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Ranjana Dave
@chaltipatang
Artist. Writer. Arts worker. Editor. Body / Language (2024) out now. I dance. I write. I teach. I bake. (she/her)










#Dance | Increasingly, artists in the Indian ecosystem do not rely on being invited by venues to perform. Instead, they plan their own tours across major metros & a few smaller cities, sometimes travelling to multiple venues in each city. | @chaltipatang frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-cultu…




Hey friends in the US, I know of couple of great free libraries in New Delhi that are in need of books in Somali, Dari, Pashto and Arabic that are hard to get in India. If you order from our wishlist it will go to US address & I can pick them up. Dm me for details.

What moral geometries is the dancing body subject to? @chaltipatang on dance and performance across boundaries of caste, gender and citizenship in India: himalmag.com/culture/lavani…


If performance shapes how we read society, how do intersections between performance and society contribute to our understanding of identity, modernity and citizenship? A review essay by @chaltipatang: himalmag.com/culture/lavani…

No performance is ever created or staged in complete isolation. It is shaped by socio-cultural factors and stylistic influences, with far-reaching implications for how society is organised and read. @chaltipatang writes: himalmag.com/culture/lavani…
