is a dance artist born in the Soviet Union, raised in Moscow, who has lived and worked in Berlin and New York and is currently based in Vienna. She holds an MA from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (2013) and co-founded the dance cooperative Isadorino Gore with Dasha Plokhova in 2012. In 2018, she was awarded a Fulbright Visiting Scholarship, and since 2020 she has been co-curating Touching Margins with Nitsan Margaliot and Anna Chwialkowska. Sasha’s work spans Europe and the United States, and she has collaborated with institutions such as Amnesty International, V–A–C Foundation, ZKM, ITI Berlin, SDVIG performative space, Hellerau, and Garage MCA, where she choreographed the opening performance for a Louise Bourgeois exhibition. Together with Daria Plokhova, she co-authored the Manual for the Practical Use of a Dance Archive. She creates choreographic works, curates interdisciplinary projects, and teaches dance in both academic and amateur contexts. Her research and curatorial interests focus on the diversity of dance histories and the complex entanglements of culture and politics.
www.sashaportyannikova.com
Artistic Research Through Movement(s) & Writing
dance, movement practices, somatic attention, writing practices, collective lab
23 February – 12 December 2026