Performances at Noon, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM

Join us for a unique experience in the museum as one remarkable local artist activates the work of another. Choreographer Alexandra Bodnarchuk presents a short original work she created in conversation with the sculptures of Zoran Mojsilov’s exhibition, Dry Neck of the Pig and Other Curios. This program explores the concept of dance as embodied gallery interpretation, inviting museum visitors to experience a different mode of engagement with visual art. Performances will take place at noon, 2 PM, and 3 PM. No reservations necessary.

About the Artist

Alexandra Bodnarchuk is a Carpatho-Rusyn American choreographer and cultural activist based in Minneapolis, MN. As the Artistic Director and choreographer for Doma Dance Theater, Bodnarchuk creates original works for the stage and screen that draw together her ethnic heritage with contemporary movement practices. Centering the body as a tangible site of culture, Bodnarchuk explores questions of self-expression, community, dispossession, and cross-cultural identity through works that range from solo pieces to evening-length group performances. Since relocating to MN she has performed in works by Berit Ahlgren, Helen Hatch, Jeffrey Peterson, April Sellers, Rosy Simas, BodyCartography, and Laurie Van Wieren. In 2021 she was part of Polish artist Paulina Olowska’s work, Grotesque Alphabet, at the Walker. She also spent two seasons with Ethnic Dance Theater under the direction of Don LaCourse, and five seasons with Black Label Movement under the direction of Carl Flink.

Bodnarchuk’s choreography has been commissioned by The Russian Museum of Art, Threads Dance Project, the Performing Institute of Minnesota, and Alternative Motion Project. Her work has also been presented at The Southern Theater, The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, Candy Box Dance Festival/Arena Dances, Zenon Dance Zone, Future Interstates, and 9×22 dance lab at the Bryant Lake Bowl. By amplifying her ethnic heritage and probing the connections among the Carpatho-Rusyn experience and diasporic communities around the world, Bodnarchuk offers a potent invitation to rediscover the unrecognized histories embedded in each of us. Learn more at https://alexandrabodnarchuk.org/