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Baryshnikov is the head of Movement at the Brown University / Trinity Repertory Company MFA Program in Acting and Directing as well as a teaching associate in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, teaching contact improvisation, movement, and dance.
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- In Many Ways It Felt Like The Movement Was A Gift to The Bride.
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I’ve worked with Boston Lyric Opera a number of times before. Brad Vernatter, the acting general and artistic director, contacted me and said that they had selected this piece of music—Ana Sokolović’sSvadba—for their season. When he listened to it, he immediately thought this will make an incredible dance film and asked me if I wanted to direct.
Yes. The quartet that happens in the living room, which is kind of a call-and-response, felt like they are kind of performing almost a skit for the bride. They embody these traditional folk songs and they are playing this antagonist, like masculine and feminine energy, almost tongue-in-cheek stereotypes for her in the moment. And then there are the...
This is my first professional film project of this kind of scale. You know, I’ve made small dance films during the pandemic like many people, playing around and learning how to do some of my own editing. But, quite honestly, I have a complicated relationship with film in the sense that once the material is set, that’s all you have to work with. I l...
Shura Baryshnikov, a dancer, actor and director, talks about her adaptation of the opera Svadba, a dance-centric film about a queer wedding. She discusses her creative process, casting choices, movement language and the role of dance in the storytelling.
At age 17, she’ll graduate from high school early to begin conservatory training. She is a force of nature. Proud, proud mama, here. Where it started… handstand, age 10. Love you, @ilse.s.baryshnikov
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Jun 11, 2015 · When embarking, pack some gumption (and tenderness) | Shura Baryshnikov | TEDxProvidence. Shura's talks of fear in a very intimate story about her own personal life experience along with...
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Shura Baryshnikov is a dancer, actor, choreographer, and educator who works in various genres and styles. She has co-founded dance projects, designed movement for theater, and taught at Brown University and other institutions.
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