SHIRA KAGAN-SHAFMAN / DOMINICA GREENE

Shira Kagan-Shafman is a New York based dancer and choreographer. Her works have premiered in theaters and museums around New York. She has performed in works by Dean Moss, Rebecca Stenn, jess pretty, Joanna Kotze and Mariana Valencia. In 2021, she participated in Arts on Site Residency in process for her work, To Breathe Over Seas, which premiered in December 2021. She received her BA in Dance from the New School and spent a semester studying in Israel through DanceJerusalem. While there she danced in Ohad Naharin repertory, including sections of Sadeh 21, Mamootot, Hora and Last Work along with performing in new works by Roni Chadash and Noa Zuk. Recently she premiered her work, Anchor in Continuum, in collaboration with violinist, Leandria Lott, for Poster House museum and the work was restaged for WAXworks at Triskelion Arts. Kagan-Shafman received the 2023 B. Wilson Foundation grant for a new production…