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Marissa Perel

Perel is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is centered on disability and queerness as they relate to care, consent, power, and sexuality. They are a Mertz-Gilmore AIR at Movement Research (2018-2020), which supported the work, Pain Threshold. The piece premiered at the American Realness Festival in 2019, has toured to Sophiensaele Theater, Berlin, Impulstanz, and the Serbian National Theater. Perel is a 2019 recipient of the Beth Silverman-Yam Award for Social Justice at Gibney Dance, and the first International AIR for Disabled Artists at Sophiensaele. They were a 2018 DiP AIR at Gibney Dance. Previous commissions include Abrons Art Center for American Realness 2018, The Chocolate Factory Theater with the New York International Queer Performance Festival, and at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts NYC.

Upcoming Classes & Events


Past Classes & Events

[POSTPONED] Movement Research at the Judson Church

May 04, 2020
performance

Movement Research at the Judson Church

November 19, 2018
performance

Witchcraft – a Corporeal Practice

, 2017
class

Sunday Process Lab

May 21, 2017
workshop

Rename and Unbody

October 04, 2016
class

Rename and Unbody: Somatic Awareness and Language for Who and What We Are

June 09, 2016
class