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luciana achugar

luciana achugar is a Brooklyn-based choreographer from Uruguay who grew as an artist in close dialogue with the NY and Uruguayan contemporary dance communities. Her work is concerned with the post-colonial world, searching for an undoing of current power structures from the inside out. In her work the theater is a space for Utopia; Utopia is a practice; Practice is Ritual; Ritual is Devotion; Devotion is Dance; Dance is Alchemy; and Alchemy is growing oneself a new body with a practice of being in Pleasure. She is a two-time “Bessie” Award recipient, a Guggenheim Fellow, Herb Alpert Award recipient, Creative Capital Grantee and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grantee, amongst other accolades; most recently she received a 2022 USA Doris Duke Fellowship. She is currently teaching and studying at Bennington College; writing a book and continuing her research for PURO TEATRO: Spell for Utopia; which premiered in its first iteration in November 2021 at The Chocolate Factory Theater as a co-presentation with NYU’s Skirball Center forthe Performing Arts.

Upcoming Classes & Events


Past Classes & Events

[In-person] A Spell for Utopia (Pleasure Practice)

Jul 18 – Jul 22, 2022
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[Virtual] A Spell for Utopia (Pleasure Practice)

Jan 10 – Jan 14, 2022
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[Virtual] MELT – Making ourselves a utopian body by becoming uncivilized with a practice of being in pleasure

Sat, Jul 11 – Aug 8, 2020
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[Virtual] Morning Class

Fri, Jun 5 – Jun 19, 2020
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MELT – Contemporary dance technique as Transformation Practice (training utopia)

Jan 20 – Jan 24, 2020
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Morning Class

Mon, Oct 7 – Oct 28, 2019
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Morning Class

Mon, Jun 10 – Jun 24, 2019
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Morning Class

, 2018
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[CANCELED] Morning Class

March 26, 2018
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Morning Class

Mon, Mar 12 – May 21, 2018
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MELT—Embodied Rebellion (becoming uncivilized)

Jan 22 – Jan 26, 2018
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Morning Class

Fri, Oct 6 – Dec 22, 2017
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MELT "Movie" Night

August 08, 2017
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MELT - Embodied Rebellion (becoming uncivilized)

Aug 7 – Aug 11, 2017
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Morning Class

Mon, Wed & Fri, Feb 8 – Feb 17, 2017
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Morning Class

Mon, Wed & Fri, Dec 5 – Dec 16, 2016
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MELT "Movie" Night

August 09, 2016
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MELT—The Art of Not making Dances (We reap later than we sow)

Aug 8 – Aug 12, 2016
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