about

Sunayana Shetty (IND/DE), is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in Berlin. Her choreographic practice looks into the temporal nature of emotions: how they are constructed and inform behavior. She roots her work in building performative states, merging different narratives and creating intimate spaces between the audience and the performer. Sunayana has completed her Bachelor in Dance, Context, Choreography from the HZT Berlin in 2018.

In 2020 along with Aabshaar Wakhloo they co-curated the Among Us Workshop series: an initiative to connect through the virtual platform and continue dialogues related to ongoing body practices. So far, Among Us has led two editions with the support of the digital and analog platform, Work It Out, Berlin. Since 2023, Sunayana and Aabshaar continue to facilitate dance workshops in different cities in India.

Since 2018, she has shown her works in venues at Berlin, Lithuania, New York, Mumbai, Estonia among others. She continues to work as a choreographer/performer with artists across Europe and India.