about

Sunayana Shetty (DE/IND), is a dancer, choreographer and educator based in Berlin. She completed her Bachelor in Dance, Context, Choreography from the HZT Berlin in 2018.

Sunayana focuses on narratives and emotions as part of her choreographic practice. She attempts to constantly reimagine the body between these two elements. It is a poetic play between the intuition, attention, memories and sensitivities of a dancing body. Scenes and narratives are constructed while crafting intimate spaces between the audience and the performer.

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 three editions. Edition I & III were 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.

She is also a member of the Suddenly collective. It comprises of thirteen international dance artists based in Berlin. 

As a dancer/performer she has collaborated with Zufit Simon, Judith Foerster, Cécile Bally, Grėtė Šmitaitė, Hanna Kritten Tangsoo, Renen Itzhaki, Sandhya Daegman, Miriam Kongstad, Lyllie Rouvière among others.