Diana Szeinblum Workshop

Dance Workshop with ALASKA Director and Choreographer

Diana Szeinblum began her career with the prestigious contemporary Ballet of the San Martin General theatre under the direction of Oscar Araiz. On a Goethe Institute scholarship, she studied at the Folkwang Tanz Schule and danced with the FTS company under the artistic direction of Pina Bausch, where she worked with choreographers such as Bausch, Susanne Linke and Urs Dietrich, among others. Her award-winning independent dance theatre work Secreto y Malibú toured across Europe, Asia and the US in 2003 including performances at PICA, The Walker Art Center, Dance Theatre Workshop and the Fresh Terrain Festival in Austin.

This workshop is presented in conjunction with PICA's presentation of Szeinblum's newest work ALASKA on January 29 & 30, 2008 at PSU Lincoln Hall. ALASKA explores the relationships between four characters and the concept of "interior space." Obsessive, athletic movement, live original music, and a spare minimalist set collide in this raw, sexy, brainy, and mysterious piece of dance theatre. The title ALASKA "speaks of that place that we all know, but where no one has ever been."

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ALASKA is funded in part by an Opportunity Grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), National Performance Network (NPN) Performing Americas and Jason Saunders and Stephanie Kelly of Morgan Stanley.