ANIKAYA BIRDS INTENSIVE: Dance and Culture Immersion in Bangalore, India

About the Open Call

ANIKAYA Birds Intensives immerse participants in the world of the Birds, ANIKAYA’s Conference of the Birds ensemble. The Birds are expert dancers, choreographers and teachers from nine countries on five continents. Participants learn the movement vocabulary and approach of four individual Birds, and experience the practices that brought these very different artists into one deeply connected flock. The combination of the practices of the Birds who teach in the Intensives address and expand our relationship to space, time and each other. The Birds guide participants on a journey through the poem Conference of the Birds by the Persian poet Farid ud-din Attar, anchoring the experience in a millennium old text that remains relevant in the modern world. Each program is anchored in a place that offers unique insights into the history of human movement, and that, in conjunction with the poem, provokes important conversations about our constructions of identity, community, history and the present moment. This Dance and Culture Immersion in Bangalore, India, runs from January 06 – January 16, 2026.

What is Offered

Dance and Culture Immersion program, professional development, and community building.

Requirements

For amateur, professional, and pre-professional dancers, theater artists, and others interested in experiencing the creation of community across difference through shared movement practice.

How to Apply

Apply early via the provided Google Forms link. Rolling admissions are in effect, with an early bird rate deadline of Oct 1 and a final application deadline of Nov 1.