About Parisha
BIO
Parisha Rajbhandari (she/her) is a Nepali dance artist residing in Mni Sota. She explores movement through vibrations, sounds, rhythms, body memory and spinal articulation. Her choreographic process is grounded in collaboration and collective action. Parisha has been a dance artist with Ananya Dance Theatre since 2019. She trains, tours, and participates in community engagement with ADT. She has performed in three premieres in 2021, 2022 and 2023 with Ananya Dance Theatre. She also offers Yorchhā classes through Shawngram Institute for Performance & Social Justice. She performed ADT’s Nün Gherāo:Surrounded by Salt at Jacob’s Pillow in May 2023. She has performed and presented works at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, Kennedy Center, O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, Cowles Center, American College Dance Association and Minnesota State University Productions. She received her BA in dance from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 2020 and is furthering her academic career as an MFA candidate in Dance and Choreography at MSU, Mankato. She was the recipient of Graduate Student Research Grant 2021 at MSU, Mankato.