Kirsten Michelle Schnittker

kirsten michelle schnittker is a dancer, choreographer, improviser, arts administrator, and a practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. kirsten’s fascination with the sources of behavior in the environment of performance, as well as with the layered hierarchies of choice and action that create a person/performer, inspires the dances they make. In public workshops and invited working groups, most recently hosted by CRAWLSPACE LA, kirsten invites performers to practice their clearing scores: an improvisational awareness and self-direction practice that supports the emergence of artistic voice and more liberated presence. In all kirsten’s work, they seek to increase our sensitivity to the sources and quality of meaning and transformation within us. 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. Recently, schnittker performed in Darrian O’Reilly’s Worship the Sun King at Stomping Ground and Joan Jonas’ iconic Mirror Piece I & II at The Getty Museum.