Shira Kagan-Shafman

Biography

Shira Kagan-Shafman is a dancer, performer and choreographer. She has performed in theaters and museums around New York including, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Poster House museum, Arts on Site, Triskelion Arts and Green Space. Most recently, she produced, choreographed and performed in a production of Works by Shira Kagan-Shafman at Baryshnikov Arts Center in the John Cage and Merce Cunningham studio. Kagan-Shafman has performed in works by Dean Moss, Rebecca Stenn, jess pretty, Joanna Kotze and Mariana Valencia. In 2021, she participated in Arts on Site Residency in process for her work, To Breathe Over Seas, which premiered in December 2021. She received her BA in Contemporary Dance from the New School and spent a semester studying in Israel through DanceJerusalem. While there she danced in Ohad Naharin repertory, including sections of Sadeh 21, Mamootot, Hora and Last Work along with performing in new works by Roni Chadash and Noa Zuk. Kagan-Shafman often involves multidisciplinary partnerships in her work, recently collaborating with violinist, Leandria Lott, for her piece, Anchor in Continuum, which premiered at Poster House museum and was restaged at Triskelion Arts and Green Space. She is a recipient of the 2023 B. Wilson Foundation grant and was thrilled to be in residency at Mother's Milk in Fall 2023. Last summer she also joined Aston Magna for performances of Igor Stravinksy's L'histoire du Soldat in Boston.