florence nasar
dance / performance / art
BORN NOVEMBER 8, 1989
GRADUATE CUM LAUDE - HUNTER COLLEGE
BA in DANCE/CHOREOGRAPHY
BA in ENGLISH LITERATURE & CRITICISM
DANCES//CHOREOGRAPHY
// recent projects exploring ideas of the jewish woman in biblical text, prayer and modern culture. seeking understanding of space and (in)visibility, extracting choreography from ritual motion, questioning boundaries //
so she won't distract you. solo compostion
"open comp" at hunter college studios. may 2012.
The Women's Section. group work.
"Works in Progress" at Hunter College Studios. Nov 2012
"Perfomance Heart" at Grace Exhibition Space, April 2013
"Spring Concert" at the Kaye Playhouse, March 2013.
"Open Composition" at Movement Research, January 2014
"Choreographer's Spotlight" at Queens Dance Workshop, February 2014
Firebird/Mermaid Explorations. solo dance compostions
"Discipline" at The Acheron. June 2013
"Performance Anxiety" at Culture Fix. July 2013
"Circus of Dreams" at Bushwick Bizarre. June 2013
A Dance for Her//Devarim 22:20. solo compostion.
"Hot Mess" at The Grand Victory, August 2013
"Animamus Art Salon: A Living Gallery" London, 2013
Mikvah//Sotah. duet composition.
Performancy Forum @ Panoply Performance Lab, June 2014
Yebra Piece. group work
Performancy Forum @ Grace Exhibition Space, October 2015
Braid Piece. group work
In progress
**New Work to be performed April 2016 @ Panoply Performance Lab
COLLABORATIONS/PERFORMANCES
What I Think It Is group work by Sandra Levykh.
"Spring Concert II" at The Black Box, Hunter College. May 2013
"Circus of Dreams" at Bushwick Bizarre, NY May 2013
Dolly Dharma
performance/experiential series by Ariel Krupnik. Feb 2013 - Feb 2014.
Bushwig, Brooklyn Nightlife Awards, Bowery Electric, Westway, Marquee.
Opposition movement installation with Fortune Chalme
"Palooza 8" at Muchmore's, NY April 2013
Sylva Dean and Me: Forgiveness is Earned avant-garde experience by Ventiko
Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, NY July 2013
Sluice Art Fair , London UK October 2013
Street Performance, London UK October 2013
Troma for MoMa Films, NY January 2013
Select Art Fair, NY May 2014
Bushwick Open Studios, NY June 2014
Troma DANCE: Film Festival, NY June 2014
Animamus Art Salon, NY August 2014
1001 Nights: A Rock Opera (Love Stories on Death Row) by Kandake Dance Theater
Theatrical Prodcution, Lead Role as Sheherazade,
Wow Cafe Theater, NY August 2014
Venus Project. collaboration with Fortune Chalme
In progress