About Shura

Shura Baryshnikov is a Rhode Island-based multimodal artist who works broadly as a dancer/actor/improviser, somatic movement educator, director, and choreographer for projects across dance, theatre, opera, and film. She co-founded the Contact Improvisation research and performance ensemble Set Go and the acclaimed company Doppelgänger Dance Collective. Upcoming projects include release of a dance film directed for Boston Lyric Opera and collaborations with cellist/composer Adrienne Taylor as well as Daniel Bernard Roumain and FirstWorks. Shura is Head of Physical Theatre for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University and maintains an active international teaching practice at festivals and training institutions. She employs work in the Viewpoints Technique, Safety Release Technique, Action Theater, and Contact Improvisation to create deeply-sensitized, collaborative spaces for learning and making. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the American Guild of Musical Artists.

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photo: Anna Maynard