Photo by Robbie Sweeny 2021
Cauveri Suresh (they/them) is a dance artist whose work considers the relationship between bodies and physical environment. As part of Emma Lanier + Cauveri Suresh, they have created interdisciplinary performances that respond to site and sculpture. Cauveri’s solo work frequently deals with themes of time, mythology, and cycles of destruction. Their current, ongoing project is an iterative series of dance works, Destruction Mythologies, which creates new mythology in the interest of new knowledge for individual and collective survival under increasingly unsurvivable conditions. Cauveri’s recent choreographic work has received support from Sense Object, Merde Project, Creativity Explored, Sonoma Ceramics, Destiny Arts Center, and Nava Dance Theater.
As a performer, they have had the pleasure of working for KT Nelson, Gerald Casel, Risa Jaroslow, Kickbal, Lauren Simpson, Ky Frances, and Jodi Melnick, among others. Cauveri graduated cum laude from Barnard College in 2018 with a B.A. in Dance. They were born and raised on unceded land of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan (Ohlone) and continue to live and work in the territory of Huichin.
Cauveri can be reached at cauverimsuresh@gmail.com.