Sasha Soreff
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Sasha Soreff, a New York City choreographer-dancer, is the Creative Director of the Sasha Soreff Dance Theater and a member of the Dance New Amsterdam faculty where she teaches modern dance. Born in Maine, she received her Bachelors of Arts degree summa cum laude from Barnard College
in 1994. While at Barnard, she was selected to the Centennial Scholar Program and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her high school diploma from the North Carolina School of the Arts
.
Soreff's works "The Dancer Who Wore Sneakers and Other Tales" and its sequel "The Other Shoe" have been performed at the Ailey Citigroup Theater and are currently at Soundance. She choreographed for Dance Parade
with the 60x60
project at Tompkins Square Park
as well as 60x60
project's 60x60 Dance at the World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium
, and Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, New York. Her choreography was featured on WNET’s MetroArts, on the American Living Room Series at HERE, at ArcLight Theatre, at Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Movers Theater, at Long Island University
, the 92nd Street Y
, P.S. 122, White Wave (John Ryan Theater), Dance Space Center, One Arm Red, Portland Dances! Chester College and at the Cunningham Studio Theater.
Soreff danced with Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends from 1998–2004 and performed in works by Sean Curran
, Laurie DeVito, Rachel Thorne Germond, Stephen Koplowitz, Holly Twining/Delicious Biscuit and Kevin Wynn.
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
in 1994. While at Barnard, she was selected to the Centennial Scholar Program and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her high school diploma from the North Carolina School of the Arts
North Carolina School of the Arts
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts , formerly the North Carolina School of the Arts, is a public coeducational arts conservatory in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees. It is one of the seventeen constituent campuses of the...
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Soreff's works "The Dancer Who Wore Sneakers and Other Tales" and its sequel "The Other Shoe" have been performed at the Ailey Citigroup Theater and are currently at Soundance. She choreographed for Dance Parade
Dance parade
Dance parade is an annual parade and festival that showcases dance of all kinds as an expression of art and culture. It takes place in New York City each May, on the Saturday before Memorial Day....
with the 60x60
60x60
60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. 60x60 project showcases sixty new works, each sixty seconds or less, by sixty composers in a continuous sixty minute concert, for a one-hour cross-section...
project at Tompkins Square Park
Tompkins Square Park
Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5 acre public park in the Alphabet City section of the East Village neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is square in shape, and is bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the...
as well as 60x60
60x60
60x60 is a collection of 60 electroacoustic or acousmatic works from 60 different composers/artists, each work 60 seconds or less in duration. 60x60 project showcases sixty new works, each sixty seconds or less, by sixty composers in a continuous sixty minute concert, for a one-hour cross-section...
project's 60x60 Dance at the World Financial Center Winter Garden Atrium
Winter Garden Atrium
The Winter Garden Atrium is a 10-story glass-vaulted pavilion on Vesey Street in New York City's World Financial Center. Originally constructed in 1988, and substantially rebuilt in 2002, the Atrium houses various plants, trees and flowers, and shops...
, and Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, New York. Her choreography was featured on WNET’s MetroArts, on the American Living Room Series at HERE, at ArcLight Theatre, at Portland, Maine's Casco Bay Movers Theater, at Long Island University
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...
, the 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y is a multifaceted cultural institution and community center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, at the corner of E. 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Its full name is 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association...
, P.S. 122, White Wave (John Ryan Theater), Dance Space Center, One Arm Red, Portland Dances! Chester College and at the Cunningham Studio Theater.
Soreff danced with Isabel Gotzkowsky and Friends from 1998–2004 and performed in works by Sean Curran
Seán Curran
Seán Curran is an American dancer and choreographer. Curran's dance company, the Seán Curran Company is based in New York City.As a boy in the Boston suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, Curran began dancing by learning traditional Irish step dancing...
, Laurie DeVito, Rachel Thorne Germond, Stephen Koplowitz, Holly Twining/Delicious Biscuit and Kevin Wynn.