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Since 2007.
Culminating a 7-years-long process, The Next Cup of Tea weaves evocative improvisation, personal storytelling, and playful routine to search for radical honesty inside the complexity of our times.
Co-presented by Steppenwolf’s LookOut Series and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Next Cup of Tea is a genre-expansive, solo dance-theater show, by Anjal Chande and pianist Sharon Udoh, that reckons with capitalism, colonialism, and love.
Reflections on our Artist-in-Residence Program!
Soham Dance Space's Artist-in-Residence Program was a seed of an idea in fall 2020, and thanks to the extraordinary generosity of 125 Soham supporters, took root in early 2021, growing over 18 months of deep, nuanced engagement between peer artists/producers Anjal Chande and inaugural AiR artist Parijat Desai. Chicago Parks District’s Night Out in the Parks and Chicago DCASE's recent Year of Chicago Dance project grant supported the full AiR flowering and culmination in Fall 2022. Enjoy these reflections on the Transform | Affirm Kick-Off Convening, the Circle Summit, and the Dance In The Round programs in the parks, by Shebani Rao, Felicia Holman, and Rishi Productions!
Happenings
Approaches to Radical Dance Pedagogies
Join us at The Dance Center Columbia College. November 10, 17, and 24, 5:00-6:30pm on Zoom; $45 for the whole series. Register at: dance.colum.edu/events
The Next Cup of Tea
A new show by Anjal Chande / The Soham Dance Project premieres in Chicago this fall 2020. Through improvisational dance and storytelling, the work reflects on money and being brown in a stratified America, routine interactions with Chande’s grandfather, the politics of art, and the next cup of tea.
Chicago Artists Relief Fund
Soham is excited to partner with the Chicago Artists Relief Fund as their fiscal sponsor to help raise money for artists whose income has disappeared due to coronavirus pandemic-related gig cancellation. Please support however you can. Spread the word and donate now!
City of Chicago’s Individual Artist Program Award
April 3, 2020: Anjal Chande is selected for the Individual Artist Program Grant from Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. Read full press release.
Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist Award
May 2, 2019: Chicago Dancemakers Forum announces the six recipients of the 2019 Lab Artist Awards. Anjal Chande, Jane Jerardi, Mitsu Salmon, Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Darling Shear, and Nejla Yatkin will each receive a cash grant of $15,000 combined with mentorship and collegial exchange throughout a year of artistic exploration. Learn more.