Kirstin Michelle Schnittker

Performer in 13

KIRSTEN MICHELLE SCHNITTKER is a dancer, performer, arts worker, and a practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. kirsten’s work has been presented by AUNTS, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Center for Performance Research, Danspace Project’s Draftwork series, Green Space, The Knockdown Center, Movement Research at The Judson Church, Triskelion Arts, Junior High LA, Vital Joint, FIRST DRAFT, CRAWLSOLO and in various galleries, studios, and parks across LA, NYC, and Zurich. Over the past decade, kirsten michelle has performed in Joan Jonas’ iconic Mirror Piece I & II at The Getty Museum, Yvonne Rainer’s Trio A with Flags at Judson Church, and in the work of Yanira Castro/ a canary torsi, Diana Crum, Hadley Smith, Micheal Portnoy, Sam Wentz, Darrian O’Reilly, and others. They founded Pie & Performance, a Brooklyn performance series (2017-19) that gathered artists across disciplines in their home, fostering community through experimental performance and pie. Since 2022, they’ve invited performers to practice their clearing scores, supporting the emergence of self & presence in improvised performance, in spaces around Los Angeles.

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