Institutional Affiliation
Colorado College
Department of Theatre and Dance
Education
Ph.D., University of California Riverside
M.S., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
B.A., University of California Berkeley
Research Interests
Intersection of race, transnationalism, global capitalism, postcolonialism, ethnography, dance and the body
Regional and Thematic Interests
South Asia
Literature and the Arts
Profile
Anusha Kedhar is both a scholar and practitioner of dance. Her teaching and research interests are situated at the intersection of race, transnationalism, global capitalism, postcolonialism, ethnography, dance and the body. Her book project, tentatively titled "On the Move: Transnational South Asian Dancers and the 'Flexible' Dancing Body," is an ethnographic study that chronicles the lives of South Asian dancers in the UK and India, and the effects of globalization on their bodily practices. Anusha was a Fulbright Scholar to India in 2008 and was the recipient of the Selma Jeanne Cohen award by the Society of Dance History Scholars for excellence in dance scholarship in 2009. Anusha is also an established artist and choreographer in the field of Indian dance. She has trained for over 30 years in Bharata Natyam and has worked with some of the pioneers of contemporary Indian dance in the UK, such as Subathra Subramaniam, Mayuri Boonham, Mavin Khoo, and Shobana Jeyasingh. Her own choreography has been presented on various international stages, including Glorya Kaufman Hall (Los Angeles), Roehampton University (London), Southbank Centre (London), and MITP (Malta).
Selected Publications
2014. “Flexibility and Its Bodily Limits: Transnational South Asian Dancers in an Age of Neoliberalism.” Dance Research Journal 46, no. 1 (April): 23-40.