About Shura 

Shura Baryshnikov (she/her/hers) is a multimodal artist who works broadly as a dancer/actor/improviser, somatic movement educator, director, and choreographer for projects across dance, theatre, opera, and film. Recent engagements include projects with Boston Lyric Opera, Khambatta Dance Company, and Urbanity Dance and creative collaborations with musicians Adrienne Taylor as well Daniel Bernard Roumain and FirstWorks. Shura has co-founded a number of dance projects, including the Contact Improvisation research and performance ensemble Set Go with dancers Paul Singh, Sarah Konner, Aaron Brandes, and Bradley Teal Ellis, and has recently collaborated with dancemakers Gabriel Forestieri, Heidi Henderson, Betsy Miller, and Danielle Davidson. 

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. Ultimately in pursuit of interdisciplinary processes that support improvisatory frameworks and profound somatic sensitivity, 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. More at  www.shurabaryshnikov.com