MARIA HASSABI Born in Nicosia, Cyprus Lives in New York City

EDUCATION

1994–2003, Alexander Technique with Shelley Senter, Judith Lakin, June Ekman 1994–98, Movement Research, New York, NY 1997, Pilates Method of Body Conditioning (certificate) 1994–96, Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation, New York, NY 1994, BFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 1992, Harvard University, Summer Dance Intensive, Boston, MA

WORKS & EXHIBITIONS Entre Deux Actes (Menagé a ̀ Quatre) (2019) Collaboration with Nairy Baghramian Performa, New York, NY / November 6–10, 2019

FIGURES (2019) MUDAM Luxembourg Museum, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg / July 20 & 21, 2019 Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria / June 29 & 30, 2019 Giacimenta, organized by Francesca Corona and Michele di Stefano, Matera 2019, Matera, Italy / June 14 & 15, 2019 Out Score, Aixoni Sculpted Theater, Athens, Greece / May 28, 2019

TOGETHER (2019) Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy / June 2, 2019 MUDAM Luxembourg Museum, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg / May 18 & 19, 2019 Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland / May 2, 2019 Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO / April 5 & 6, 2019

SLOWMEDOWN (2018) EMPAC, Troy, NY / October 12–19, 2018 Point Center for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus / September 22–November 16, 2018

STAGING Solo #2 (2017) Move 2018, Centre Pompidou, Paris France / June 7–24, 2018 Block Universe, London UK / May 26 & 27, 2017 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany /December 7, 2017 – January 21, 2018

STAGING (2017) Remai Modern, Saskatoon, Canada / October 21 & 22, 2017 Aarhus 2017, City Hall, Aarhus, Denmark / September 25–30, 2017 documenta14, Kassel, Germany / September 11–17, 2017 Evergreen/Don River Valley Park, Toronto, Canada / July 7 & 8, 2017 documenta14, Kassel, Germany / June 7–September 17, 2017 documenta14, Kassel, Germany / June 7–16, 2017 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN / February 8–July 30, 2017 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN / February 8–19, 2017

STAGED? (2016) Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal / February 3, 2019 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA / October 6, 2018 Wanås Konst, Wanås, Sweden / August 19 & 20, 2017 River to River, New York, NY / June 23 & 25, 2017 Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium / May 24–27, 2017 XING, Live Arts Week VI, Bologa, Italy / April 29, 2017 STEGI Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece / April 7–9, 2017 ICA Boston, MA / March 17 & 18, 2017 Crossing the Line Festival, The Kitchen, New York, NY / October 4–8, 2016

Movement (2016) Movement #2, The High Line, New York, NY / June 28–30, 2016 Movement #1, Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium / May 25, 2016

PLASTIC (2015) Museum of Modern Art, New York, US / February 21–March 20, 2016 The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands / April 16–26, 2015 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, US / January 31–March 1, 2015

A Dance without Dance (2015) DESTE Prize 2015, Cycladic Museum, Athens, Greece / May 27–September 30, 2015

PREMIERE (2013) Het Veem Theater, Amsterdam, the Netherlands / April 10–11, 2015 Festival fur̈ Aktionskunst, Bern, Switzerland / December 3, 2014 steirischer herbst, Graz, Austria / September 27–28, 2014 River to River Festival, New York, NY / June 27–28, 2014 NEAT Festival, Nottingham, UK / May 23, 2014 Goteborgs̈ Dans & Teater Festival, Goteborg,̈ Sweden / May 20, 2014 Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium / May 3–5, 2014 XING, Bologna, Italy / April 10, 2014 Performa13, The Kitchen, New York, NY / November 6–9, 2013

Intermission (2013) Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia / October 10– November 23, 2014 Oo, Cyprus and Lithuanian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy / May 29–June 5, 2013

Counter-relief (2011–2013) (made in collaboration with Jimmy Robert) Performatik Festival, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium / February 22–24, 2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL / August 24, 2012 CCS Bard Galleries, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY / May 1, 2011

CHANDELIERS (2012) Coming Soon, Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland / May 31– August 12, 2012

SHOW (2011) REAL DMZ PROJECT, Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea / August 28, 2015 Pavilion Dance South West, Bournemouth, UK / July 19, 2015 Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norway / September 6, 2014

Le Mouvement: Performing the City, Biel, Switzerland / August 26–31, 2014 Volcano Extravaganza 2013 - Evil Under The Sun, Stromboli, Italy / August 22, 2013 American Realness, New York, NY / January 10–13, 2013 Vienna Fair, Vienna, Austria / September 19–22, 2012 River to River Festival, New York, NY / June 28–30, July 1, 2012 Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium / May 27, 2012 The Kitchen, New York, NY / November 3–5, 2011

The Ladies (2011) Soft City, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden / September 4–19, 2015 Le Mouvement: Performing the City, CentrePasquArt, Biel, Switzerland / August 30– November 2, 2014 Cipriani Wall Street, LMCC at The Downtown Dinner, New York, NY / April 23, 2012 FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival, New York, NY / September 17–November 5, 2011

Robert and Maria (2010) Nottdance Festival 2013, Dance4, Nottingham, UK / March 15, 2013 Festival Contemporaneô de Danca,̧ Saõ Paulo, Brazil / November 16–18, 2012 Panorama Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / November 12–13, 2012 Frascati Theater, Amsterdam, the Netherlands / May 1 & 2, 2012 Springdance Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands / April 21–22, 2012 Danspace Project, New York, NY / January 9 & 10, 2012 Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany / August 17–18, 2011 ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria / August 11, 2011 deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, Antwerpen, Belgium / January 27 & 28, 2011 Danspace Project, New York, NY / April 15–17, 2010: ‘i get lost’, curated by Ralph Lemon, New York, US / April 15–17, 2010

SoloShow (2009) City of Women Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia / October 8, 2012 deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, Antwerpen, Belgium / April 28, 2011 TBA Festival, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR / September 11– 14, 2010 Kaaistudios, as part of WoWmen! Festival, Brussels, Belgium / March 19 & 20, 2010 Performance Space 122, as part of COIL Festival, New York, US / January 11 & 12, 2010 Performance Space 122, co-presented by Performa 09, New York, NY / November 12– 15, 2009

SOLO (2009) From Minimalism into Algorithm, The Kitchen, New York, NY / April 2, 2016 PLAYGROUND Festival, M Museum, Leuven, Belgium / November 21 & 22, 2015 Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal / September 19 & 20, 2015 Nottdance Festival, Nottingham, UK / March 10, 2013 Lavanderia a Vapore, Torino, Italy / March 7, 2013 Beit Hair Center for Urban Culture, Tel Aviv, Israel / November 27, 2011 Soumaya Museum, Mexico City, Mexico / April 8, 2011 BOUGE B Festival, deSingel Internationale Kunstcampus, Antwerpen, Belgium / April 23, 2010 Performance Space 122, co-presented by FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival, New York, US / September 29–October 4, 2009

GLORIA (2007) In-Presentable 08 Festival, Madrid, Spain / June 21, 2008 Performance Space 122, as part of COIL Festival, New York, US / January 11–12, 2008 Performance Space 122, New York, US / November 7–10, 2007 Movement Research Festival, New York, NY / June 8, 2007 Ballroom Marfa, Texas, TX / May 11, 2007

Still Smoking (2006) ImPulsTanz Festival, [8:tension] Young Choreographers' Series, Vienna, Austria / August 7, 2006 9th European Dance Festival, Rialto Theater, Limassol, Cyprus / June 24, 2006 Ballroom Marfa, Texas, TX / May 11, 2007

Dead is Dead (2004) Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY / December 9–11, 2004

LIGHTS (2001) Athens, Greece / March 29, 2002 Fringe Tomar International Festival of Contemporary Dance, Lisbon, Portugal / September 23, 2001 Biennale of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina / July 22, 2001 PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY / July 14, 2001 Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY / 2001 Dixon Place, New York, NY / 2001

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2019 Jakab, Gillian. “Editor’s Note.” The Brooklyn Rail. 12 December 2019. Cardwell, Erica M. “‘Engaging with the Thing’: The Hard Work of Performa 19.” Frieze. 9 December 2019. [online] Valinsky, Rachel. “Performance | Action Figures: Rachel Valinsky on the Performa 19 Biennial.” Artforum. 4 December 2019. [online] “Breastfeeding Mothers Protest at Mexico City’s Museum of Modern Art.” Frieze. 26 November 2019. [online] “Art news daily.” Apollo. 26 November 2019. [online] Stein, Amelia. “Interviews | Nairy Baghramian.” Artforum. 26 November 2019. [online] “News | Nairy Baghramian And Maria Hassabi Win Performa’s Malcolm Mclaren Award.” Artforum. 25 November 2019. [online] “Performance artists take inspiration from the Bauhaus for Performa 19.” Financial Times. 19 November 2019. [online] Cascone, Sarah. “What Nairy Baghramian Is Looking At: The Artist on 3 Cultural Touchstones That Keep Reappearing in Her Work.” artnet news. 8 November 2019. [online] Belcove, Julie. “Artist Nairy Baghramian Is Poised to Make a Splash in the US This Fall.” Robb Report. 3 November 2019. [online] Schaefer, Brian. “6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend.” New York Times. 31 October 2019.

“The Kitchen Announces Fall 2019 Season.” Broadway World. 11 September 2019. [online] Angeleti, Gabriella. “Performa 19 to explore the influence of the Bauhaus School on live performance.” The Art Newspaper. 12 August 2019. [online]

2018 Thorne, Harry. “Stillness is the Move.” Frieze 195. May 2018. [print] 16 April 2018. [online]

2017 Burke, Harry. “Portrait.” Spike 53. Autumn 2017. Janevski, Ana. “It Is Never Staged.” Fourth Wall. 7 September 2017. [online] Reale, Alexandra. “The Artist is Public, and You Might Hurt Her.” Six By Eight Press 16. 28 June 2017. Singer, Thea. “Theatrics, dance mesh in Hassabi’s ‘STAGED?’” The Boston Globe. 19 March 2017.

2016 Mokdessi, Lydia. “Adjusting to Near Stillness: Maria Hassabi’s STAGED.” Routine Magazine. 19 October 2016. Folkerts, Hendrik. “Continuing from Liveness.” Mousse Magazine. September 2016. Bishop, Claire. “Death Becomes Her: Maria Hassabi at the Museum.” Parkett. June 2016. Holmes, Jessica. “The Kinetics of Stillness: Maria Hassabi at MoMA.” SVA Art Writing. 25 March 2016. [online] Helmke, Juliet. “Review: Maria Hasabi at MoMA.” Blouin Artinfo. 18 March 2016. [online] Bodick, Noelle. “Body Art: Maria Hassabi’s MoMA Dancers Discuss ‘Plastic.’” Blouin Artinfo. 15 March 2016. [online] Burke, Siobhan. “‘Plastic,’ at MoMA, Is on the Floor and the Stairs.” New York Times. 9 March 2016. La Rocco, Claudia. “Present Tense.” Artforum. 29 February 2019. [online] Burke, Siobhan. “Review: Maria Hassabi’s ‘Plastic’ Sends Dancers Crawling Through MoMA.” New York Times. 23 February 2016. “Views: Plastic.” Spike. February 2016. Lax, Thomas J. “Maria Hassabi: Plastic.” MoMA. Feburary 2016. Griffin, Tim. “Living Contradiction.” MoMA. February 2016. Bollen, Christopher. “Maria Hassabi.” Interview. 26 Feburary 2016.

2015 Gray, Victoria. “Critical Acts: The Choreography of Anticipation in Maria Hassabi’s Premiere.” TDR. September 2015. Mihojevich, Yazmine. “Art Exhibit Review: ‘Plastic.’” Daily Bruin. 1 March 2015.

2014 Bell, Biba. “Slow Work: Dance’s temporal effort in the visual sphere.” Performance Research 19, Issue 3: 129-134. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2014.935169. Bakst, Lauren. “Scott Lyall and Maria Hassabi.” BOMB. 11 Feburary 2014. [online]

2013 Bomboy, Erin. “Impressions of: Maria Hassabi's “Premiere” at The Kitchen in conjunction with Performa 13.” The Dance Enthusiast. 7 November 2013. [online] Boynton, Andrew. “A Dance of a Million Premières.” 15 November 2013. The New Yorker. McDermott, Emily. “Maria Hassabi’s Premiere League.” Interview. November 2013.

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2012 Scherr, Apollinaire. “Street Movement.” Financial Times. 3 August 2012.

2011 Columbus, Nikki. “Theater Districts.” Artforum. 28 November 2011. Horwitz, Andry. “Week(s) in Review.” Culturebot. 5 November 2011. [online] Rifkin, Mark. “Maria Hassabi: SHOW.” This Week in New York. November 2011. [online]

2010 La Rocco, Claudia. “Time Traveler.” Artforum. 30 September 2010. DuRoche, Tim. “Maria Hassabi – SoloShow: Society of the Spectacle.” Ultra. 15 September 2010. Kourlas, Gia. “Time to Put Choreography Back on Its Feet.” The New York Times. 2 September 2010. Edwards, Cathy. “TBA Outlook/Look Out: Maria Hassabi.” Time-Based Art Festival. 5 August 2010. Bouger, Cristiane. “Solo and SoloShow: a Diptych by Maria Hassabi.” idanca.net. 24 June 2010. [online] Eichelberger, Erika. “Lost in Translation: Maria Hassabi and Robert Steijn.” The Brooklyn Rail. May 2010. Sheldon, Blythe. “Can Dance be Performance Art?” Blouin Artinfo. 21 April 2010. Scherr, Apollinaire. “Robert and Maria, Danspace Project, New York.” Financial Times. 20 April 2010. La Rocco, Claudia. “He Gazed, She Gazed, and They Danced.” The New York Times. 19 April 2010. Kourlas, Gia. “Robert and Maria: Two sides of a dance.” Time Out New York. 14-22 April 2010. [online]

2009 Barone, Mary. “…Staggering Genius.” outwithmary.com. 19 November 2009. [online] Oldham, Julia. “Maria Hassabi, SoloShow.” Bee Sting Brose. 16 November 2009. [online] Asantewaa, Eva Yaa. “Hassabi’s collage.” Infinitebody. 13 November 2009. [online]

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2008 La Rocco , Claudia. “Sometimes It’s Darkness, Sometimes It’s Babble.” The New York Times. 10 October 2008. Kourlas, Gia. “The best of 2007.” Time Out New York. 27 December 2007 – 2 January 2008. Asantewaa, Eva Yaa. “Maria Hassabi.” dancemagazine.com. December 2007. [online]

2007 Sulcas, Roslyn. “Spare Spaces, Bare Bulbs, Wonderful Works.” The New York Times. 23 December 2007. Jowitt, Deborah.“Split Screen Live: Maria Hassabi’s ‘Gloria.’” The Village Voice. 25 November 2007. Guida, Druschel. “Maria Hassabi: ‘Gloria.’” FlavorPill.com. November 2007. [online] Sulcas, Roslyn. “Dance in Review: ‘Gloria.’” The New York Times. 10 November 2007. Kourlas, Gia. “Gloria Days.” Time Out New York. 8 – 14 November, 2007. La Rocco, Claudia. “Maria Hassabi.” The New York Times. 2 November 2007.

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AWARDS & GRANTS 2019 Malcolm McLaren Award, with Nairy Baghramian

2016 Bessie Award Jerome Foundation (grant)

2015 The Herb Alpert Award

2014 Jerome Foundation (grant)

2013 Special Mention for the Cyprus and Lithuanian Pavilion at 55th Venice Biennale The MAP Fund (grant) LMCC’s Extended Life Program (grant)

Jerome Foundation (grant) Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the LMCC (grant) Mertz Gilmore Foundation (grant)

2012 LMCC (Lower Manhattan Council of the Arts) President's Award for Performing Arts

2011 Guggenheim Fellowship The MAP Fund (grant) The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston (grant) Jerome Foundation (grant) Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the LMCC (grant)

2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, 2009 Grants to Artists Award National Performance Network Creation Fund (grant) The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston (grant) Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the LMCC (grant)

2007 Foundation 2021 (grant) Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the LMCC (grant)

2006 Foundation 2021 (grant) The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston (grant)

2004 Foundation 2021 (grant)

RESIDENCIES / TEACHING / LECTURES 2019 Extended Life Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

2018 EMPAC, Troy, NY / July 1-3, 2018

2016 ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria / Workshop with Jan Mot / August 1–5 ICA Boston, Boston, MA / Residency for the creation of STAGED / July 11–24 Camargo Foundation, Cassis, France / June 6–18 University of San Diego, San Diego, CA / Artist Lecture / April 11 California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA / Guest Teacher / April 4–8

2015 School for New Dance Development, Amsterdam, the Netherlands / Setting new work on students / November 30–December 11 Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva, FL / Residency for the creation of STAGED / September 21–October 23 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA / Residency for the creation of PLASTIC / January 17–30

2013 Mount Tremper, New York, NY / Residency for the creation of PREMIERE / October 16–26 Pa-f, St Ermes, France / Residency for the creation of PREMIERE / August 2– 17 Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium / Residency for the creation of PREMIERE / June 17–30

Dance4, Nottingham, UK / Residency for the creation of PREMIERE / March 11–22 Dance4, Nottingham, UK / Guest Teacher Balletto Teatro di Torino, Turin, Italy / Guest Teacher

2012 Plesni Teater Ljubljana, Slovenia / Workshop and Presentation / September 30– October 7 ImPulsTanz Festival, Vienna, Austria / Coaching Workshop with Krõõt Juurak / August 6–10 Mentoring Europe in Motion, Springdance Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands / April 16–26

2011 ImPulsTanz Festival, Vienna, Austria / Residency for the creation of SHOW Kaai Theater, Brussels, Belgium / Residency for creation of Counter-relief deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium / Guest Teacher

2010 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR / Guest Lecturer and Teacher DANSLAB, Den Haag, the Netherlands / Guest Teacher and Residency for the creation of Robert and Maria

2009 Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ / Guest Lecturer, Teacher and Residency for the creation of SoloShow

2004 Residency at LEXDance Under the Radar Residency Program, Lexington, New York, NY / Residency for the creation of Dead is Dead