Deepsikha Chatterjee

Contributing Editor

Deepsikha Chatterjee is a tenured faculty of Theatre at Hunter College CUNY where she enjoys teaching a diverse student body. She received her undergraduate degrees from University of Madras and National Institute of Fashion Technology before moving to the US for her MFA in Costume Design from Florida State University. Currently she is writing her dissertation on masked dances of South Asia at CUNY Graduate Center. Her costume design for Butoh Medea and Hide Your Fires received the Best Costume Design award at United Solo in 2014 and 2017 respectively. Her designs have been seen recently at Barnard College, Mabou Mines, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Women’s Project, New York Musical Festival, Drive East, United Solo, Pan Asia Repertory, and Capital Fringe.

She researches costumes and masks for Indian performance and has received notable grants for this work. Her presentations have been seen at conferences including USITT, Costume Society of America, ASTR, AAP, and the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. She has published articles on Indian and Asian theatre and Indian fashion. Her essay “Ahariya Aesthetics” on Indian dance costumes won the USITT’s Herbert D. Greggs Honor Award in 2021. Since 2017 she has served as the dance director for Indo-American Arts Council’s Erasing Borders Dance Festival bringing international dancers to the New York stage.

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