Preethi Athreya is an Indian performing artist. She trained in classical Indian dance and went on to do a Masters degree in Dance Studies in 2001 at the Laban Centre, London. Committed to the constant redefinition of the Indian body, Preethi Athreya lives and works in Chennai, India.
Working within the Indian contemporary dance scene as a performer, choreographer and facilitator, Preethi has been engaged in creating a personal movement language that reflects her relationship with her context, being at the same time open to new ways in how we may relate to the body.
She has choreographed, performed and produced thirteen collaborative works since 2003, the latest being And Indeed There Will be Time (film, 2020), BIRD (2021) and SALT (film, 2021). Preethi is the founder of CHARCOAL – a platform for artistic collaboration as well as one of the co-founders of Basement 21, a practice-based performance collective in Chennai.