Masha Shalagina is a dance artist that perceives dance as an experience of relationships and interactions that are created by its participants. She practices dance as a nonverbal communication mechanism capable of going beyond symbolism and narratives. Turning to this tool, she explores the possibilities of bodies to establish abstract, poetic connections, creating a unique vocabulary here-and-now. She applies this method to topics that she’s interested in investigating: gaze politics, physical and mental limitations, political-intimate body(-ies), personal and interpersonal boundaries. Based in Berlin.
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</aside>In 2016-2020 she was studiyng the art of choreography program in Academy of Russian Ballet (BA). In 2019-2020 was a participant of a contemporary dance company “FIRST” (directed by Maya Selezneva). Finished “PAYDEIA” program in 2020 (school of contemporary art interpretation). In 2021 she left Russia due to unfolding political pressure in the country and since that moment she has been focusing on activist art and political action. In 2022 she shot an anti-war music video in collaboration with Bjorn Blomqvist; presented her work as part of Tbilisi Architecture Biennale; created a performance about the borders of countries and bodies in collaboration with Ukrainian artist Andrii Romanenko; participated in the re-production of "In C" by Sasha Waltz with an inclusive dance group. In 2023, she started to develop a series of projects about body memory and gaze politics during the ImpulsTanz festival.
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Vaganova Ballet Academy, Teaching department, The Art of Choreography program (BA) — St. Petersburg, Russia
2016-2020
Dolgushin School of classical ballet — St. Petersburg, Russia
2010-2013
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