© Sasha Welsh and Siri Peterson, photo by Kerrie Welsh
© Sasha Welsh and Siri Peterson, photo by Kerrie Welsh
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Sasha Welsh's choreography explores states of awareness, the potential of memory and imagination, and the limitations and possibilities of the human body. Her work has been presented by venues such as Movement Research at the Judson Church, Dance Conversations at the Flea, Dixon Place, AUNTS, Fridays at Noon at the 92nd Street Y, Performance Mix at Joyce Soho, the INOVA galleries (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival (her work was a Philadelphia City Paper pick of the Fringe in 2004), RAW Material at Dance New Amsterdam, and Studio 303 in Montreal.
Her company, Victory to Others presented it's first full-length concert at Triskelion Arts in March of 2009. Collaborators included Kerrie Welsh (film/video artist), J Why (composer) and performers Laurie Berg, Cindy Chung Camins, and Cynthia St. Clair.
In the summer of 2009 she participated in the Fantasy Generator, a new residency program at Hollins University. In 2007 she was awarded a scholarship to study MAX/Jitter live processing at Harvestworks Digital Arts center, and a Swarthmore Project Residency. Sasha has studied anatomy and dance conditioning with Irene Dowd since 2005.
Sasha has taught dance at DeSales University and Temple University, where she earned her MFA. She is also a graduate of Swarthmore College (BA), and Laban Centre London (PDDS).