Dr Priya Srinivasan is a performer/choreographer/writer and co-Artistic Director of Sangam who lives and works in the lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people in Narrm/Melbourne. Sangam under her direction has grown from a humble beginning to a recognised platform for South Asian artistic excellence featuring over 250 artists.
Her practice is rooted in South Asian classical dance, prioritizing feminist decolonization processes, and making visible minority women's histories. Her work has been presented internationally in major festivals and venues in USA, Europe, China, India and Australia.
With a PhD in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, Priya is the author of the award-winning book “Sweating Saris: Indian Dance as Transnational Labour.” She has been a mentor in the ECP program at Dancehouse and was an advisor that worked towards the equitable dance festival now called “Frame.”
She has curated, choreographed and performed solo, duet, ensemble and large scale projects in partnership with Hermitage Museum Amsterdam, Berlin Wall Memorial, Rockbund Art Museum Shanghai, Dakshina Chitra and Spaces Chennai, Adishakti Puducherry, Highways Los Angeles, Bunjil Place, Artshouse, Dancehouse, Sydney Opera House, Australian Opera, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. She has been working with the MSO since 2020 to conceptualize and help create groundbreaking, equitable, intercultural, multidisciplinary collaborations of artistic excellence that redefines music as dance, theatre and text.
