Ambika Raina & Suzzanne Ponomarenko Split Bill
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Ambika Raina & Suzzanne Ponomarenko
Ambika Raina is primarily a choreographer-director for the stage, theatre, and camera based in Lenapehoking/NYC. THEATRE: House of India at The Old Globe (Assoc. Dir.) A Nice Indian Boy at Olney Theatre Center (Choreographer/Assoc. Dir.). For Colored Girls at The Public Theater (SDCF Observer). New York, New York pre-Broadway workshop (SDCF Fellow). DANCE PRESENTED BY: NYU Skirball, The Chocolate Factory, Issue Project Room, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, and more. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Play (2024) En Foco Media Arts Grant (2024) BAX Space Grant (2022). BFA Dance from University of Michigan.
This work is a stage adaptation of 3 stories from the Zapatista Collective, an anti-neoliberal Indigenous-led autonomous group in Mexico.
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Suzzanne Ponomarenko is a Choreographer, Artistic Director, and Dance Educator based in Queens, NYC. They established Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance in 2017 as a landing point for creating, producing, and performing dance works grounded in classical techniques intertwined with inventive, idiosyncratic, and rigorous movement alongside a thoughtful queer-centric studio practice. Their latest work, Tapestries, was created in residency in 2025 at Baryshnikov Arts Center, and will premiere in early 2026. Currently, they are a part of Pioneer Go East Collective’s Mentorship Cohort (2025-26), teach at Marymount Manhattan College, and serve on the selection committees of The NY Bessie’s Dance and Performance Awards and The Clive Barnes Foundation.
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