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Dreams of Dust and Water
Dreams of Dust and Water (In Three Parts) is a dance film accompanied by live spoken word poetry. Divided into three distinct sections like a triptych painting that vary in tonality and location, the film explores the separation and overlap between the past, present and future. How does our memory of the past shape our present, how does our present shape our dreams of the future? Click to View Full Video
Cinematography, writing, movement, conception and direction by Shira Zaid
Additional Filming Support by Rowan Stephenson
Atlas I: Six Simultaneities
Choreography by Samantha Grossman
In this thesis project, I performed as a dancer and collaborator, working over the course of several months, investigating relationships to place through movement, contact improv and score work.
Within the Fall
Choreography by Nell Adkins
In this thesis project, I performed as a dancer and video collaborator, working over the course of several months, investigating embodied Jewish history and cultural memory. This dance piece drew heavily upon research work focused on S. Ansky's 1913 Yiddish play, The Dybbuk.