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Silas Riener

    Lecturer in Dance; Hearst Choreographer-in-Residence Named in 2022-23

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    About

    A New York-based dance artist, Silas' work involves the building of collaborative worlds through improvisational techniques, digital technologies, and material construction. He is a graduate of Princeton and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a Bessie Award winner and member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 2007-2012. He creates multidisciplinary dance works in collaboration with partner Rashaun Mitchell, including site-responsive installations, concert dances, gallery performances and dances for film.

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    Silas Riener balances on one foot while holding onto side railings on a staircase.
    Silas Riener kneels down to the pavement with hands spread wide, dancing outdoors with others.

    Photo credit: Maria Baranova

    Silas Riener crouches down low in a field of dry grass.
    Silas Riener leaps in midair in front of painting in a museum gallery.

    Merce Cunningham Dance Company at BAM: "Split Sides" (Silas Riener solo)

    Related Content

    “Baryshnikov Arts Center Announces 5 New Fellows” | The New York Times, Dec. 6, 2018

    “Relationships That Endure” | Princeton Alumni Weekly, June 5, 2019

    “Making Dance Out of Survival Skills and Reckoning With Grief” | The New York Times, April 27, 2022

    Silas Riener + Rashaun Mitchell Finalists for 2024 National Dance Project Production Grants | New England Foundation for the Arts, May 20, 2024

     

    Class of '06

    Website

    www.rashaunsilasdance.com/

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