Ankita is an experimental movement-based artist invested in storytelling where content dictates genre and betrays expectation. They create to think critically, unpacking systems and symptoms of power from a queer, punk solidarity-based lens that rehearses freedom in the body and mind. In aesthetic, their work is a character-based, grungy, cheeky work of primal spirit, with physical practices rooted in Contemporary Dance, Dance-Theater, and forms from both the South Asian and the African diaspora. For Ankita, audiences are agentive, sitting with and challenging discomfort in environments where sophistication and blasphemy collide. They hold degrees in both Dance and Anthropology and have had work performed throughout the US, including at: Denver Art Museum, Abrons Art Center, The Barn, Dixon Place, The Tank, BASE, JACK, Ormao, Movement Research, The Basement, and University Settlement. They have received support from Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Art Omi, NYSCA, Brooklyn Arts Council, GALLIM, Performance Project, MNE, LEIMAY, and Crown Goodman. Ankita has also taught and presented film work internationally. In their spare time, they write for thINKing DANCE and act as an administrator for several award-winning projects, previously including Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and Queer|Art.
