Brown skinned male wearing forest green long-sleeve shirt and matching bell-bottom pants is seated in a squatting position with one knee on the floor and hands close to the chest gesturing towards a kind, nurturing face. Background is concrete block with sound proofed board; floor is red concrete.
Photo by Naini Mandala
Ananth Udupa (b. 2000) is a dancer, architect, and artist based in Boston, MA. His work aims to nurture diasporic communities through co-creation. Ananth’s current focus is the relationship between emotion-based movement and space-making processes for diasporic communities of color. As a teaching artist with ARCK Boston, he is investigating processes of designing healing spaces with community. Ananth is also an aMASSit fellow for the Dance Complex and an Early Career Fellow for Natura Network.
Photo on the left by Sumana Mandala