After coming to Auroville in 1981, I worked at the Matrimandir, up on the scaffoldings for nearly five years and this was my first and most marvelous school of dance/body training.

Then, I worked at Pour Tous for another two years, keeping track of the flow of Auroville's home-grown fruit and veggies, the market, the baskets and the stock; the sound of vandis and the gas bottles; the food processing, the wheat ration and the stall; and the circulations of people all day, going in and out, doing things, bringing things, asking questions, complaining or laughing, in every angle of light and shadow - all this taught me the principles of choreography.

One year in Auroville's Working Committee, writing official reports and letters, triggered off poetry and stories as a safety valve.

What resulted was this:

D A N C E

Solo
1989 First Passage - Auroville
1990 Dance Experiment - Auroville
1991 Signals at Sunrise - India, Germany, France

Choreography for The Auroville Dance Company
1992 Images - Auroville
1993 Affirmations - Auroville
1994 Crossroads - Auroville
95-96 Crossroads on tour in India
1997 Mantra - Auroville, on tour in India

W R I T I N G

Poetry
1993 Mobile Hour, Center for Indian Studies, Auroville
1994 Crossroads, Center for Indian Studies, Auroville
1998 Light Matter, Center for Indian Studies, Auroville

Fiction
96-97 A Human Race, (a short story series) The Eye, New Delhi
1997 Parallel Journeys, Magus Books, New Delhi

etc.
1999 Started & edited Transcript, an online journal of Arts, Ideas and Features

anu@auroville.org.in