Maya Orchin

explanation: This video is a work in progress choreographed by Maya Orchin and shot by Simon Burrill. It’s an absurd voyage of different aspects of myself now being shot with all the glorious restrictions of quarantine. This is in the beginning stages and will connect with the following clip.

explanation: this will be part of the other clip in a longer film.

this is a movement exploration outside.

Maya Orchin has shown her work at Festival Quartier Danses (Montreal, Canada), The Olga Sawicka International Dance Festival (Ladek Zdroj, Poland), The Moscow Theater Art School (Moscow, Russia), Dance Italia (Lucca, Italy), and all over the United States.  She has had artistic residencies at PAF (France) and S.P.A.M. (Italy). Maya was a choreographer and performer in the live podcast tour of ‘Israel Story’ that toured all over the U.S. and Israel. In New York her work has been shown at the 92nd St Y, Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, The Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, The Dumbo Dance Festival, Art Helix, Greenspace and more.  As a performer she has worked with artists such as Luis Lara Malvacias, Okwui Okpokwasili, Bill T Jones, Christine Bonansea, Davis Freeman, Zoe Scofield, Madeline Hollander, Reut Shemesh, Lynn Neuman, Jody Oberfelder, Charles Dennis and more. She performed in ‘Room 29’ on a European tour with musicians Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales that was performed at Kampnagel (Hamburg, Germany), The Barbican (London, England), The Volksbuhne (Berlin, Germany), The Philharmonie (Paris, France) The Gaite Lyrique (Paris, France), and The Kings Theater (Edinburgh, Scotland). Maya has led choreographic projects with MOMAPS1 and NIKE.

Social Media:

Maya Orchin:

• Facebook: maya.orchin
• Instagram: @mayaorchin

Simon Burrill:

• Instagram: @siburrill
• Instagram: @sibuworld

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