Sita Mani

Sita Mani is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Theater and Head of Movement for the Graduate Acting Program at ​Columbia University School Of The Arts. She is a physical theater artist who performs and creates original work. She was a founding faculty member of ​The Studio New York​ and has taught for The Actors Center Workshop Co, The National Alliance Of Acting Teachers,David Geffen School Of Drama at Yale University, The New School, Sarah Lawrence College, Mark Morris Dance School, Feldenkrais Institute, Herbert Berghof Studio and Scott Freeman Studio. Her original works have been shown at The First Asian American Theater Festival in New York, BAX, Evolving Arts Theater, Interboro Repertory Theater, One Arm Red, Riverside Church, Lucid Body House and at The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in India. She was a 2015 artist in residence at Herbert Berghof Studio and as a dancer and performer has been on the professional stage for 27 years Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and in India. She received her training at Alvin Ailey Dance School, The Feldenkrais Institute New York,The Actors Center/TDP and Hagen Lab Teacher Training.