Shura Baryshnikov

Shura Baryshnikov is a New England-based multimodal artist who works broadly across dance, theatre, and opera. Recent performance, choreography, and directorial credits include projects with Hartford Stage Company, Emmanuel Music, FirstWorks, Trinity Repertory Company, Boston Lyric Opera, Khambatta Dance Company, Urbanity Dance, Odyssey Opera, and The Gamm Theatre, among others. Shura is a founding member of the Contact Improvisation research and performance ensemble SetGo and was co-director of the contemporary dance project Doppelgänger Dance Collective. Currently, Shura is engaged in a long-term collaborative project with cellist and composer Adrienne Taylor. Since 2017, Shura has served as Head of Physical Theatre for the Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs in Acting and Directing in the Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the American Guild of Musical Artists, and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.