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 1 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 2 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 3 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY 2020 Selvin, Claire. “BTS, Globe-Trotting K-Pop Stars, Fund Artist Projects in Five International Cities.” ARTnews. 14 January 2020. 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