A dancer with long dark hair and wearing a red sweatshirt with blurry white lettering dances while standing precariously on the armrest of a sofa. In the background is a white walls with post-it notes and a thin ledge on which various books are stacked.
Photo Sasha Amaya

Sasha Amaya

Sasha Amaya is a dancer, choreographer and installation artist. Using music, movement, dance, art history, collage, text, and architectural surrounds, she is particularly interested in understanding how we frame, utilize, reject, and repurpose historical narratives and techniques in contemporary art work. In addition to her dance education in Canada, Germany and France, Sasha holds an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Cambridge, and a Post-Masters diploma from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm. Sasha Amaya’s work has been internationally exhibited and supported by various public spaces in Canada, as well as in France, GreatBritain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Scotland and the USA. In Germany, Sasha worked at the Sophiensaele, Uferstudios, DOCK 11, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, PACT Zollverein and LAKE Studios. Residencies include L’Abbaye du Royaumont (FR) under Hervé Robbe, La cité internationale des arts Paris (FR), Centre national de la danse Lyon (FR), Tanzhaus Zürich (CH) and the Banff Centre Canada (CAN). In 2022 Sasha was invited as a Never Walk Alone choreographer/tour guide at Tanzplattform Deutschland. Sasha has written for Tanzfabrik Berlin, Tanzplattform, Stream, and Tanzschreiber Berlin.

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