Liana Zhen-ai is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist and dancer from Los Angeles, CA. She has been privileged to work with choreographers Holly Blakey, Andrea Miller, Marla Phelan, Stefanie Batten Bland, and Akira Uchida among others. Liana has collaborated with performance artist EYIBRA, electronic music producer and performer Concrete Husband, and neo-soul rapper Felukah. Her dancing has been featured on NOWNESS and Fact Magazine. Liana’s work uses the lenses of new materialism and object-oriented ontology to interrogate shame, nature, and narrative. She has guest lectured at NYU and Marymount Manhattan College, presenting on disability and modification as glitch and the troubled boundaries of body and environment in dance.
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LIVE PERFORMANCE:
the mckittrick hotel
a midsommar night's dream, MONSTER, the last new year's eve
chor. stefanie batten bland, chor. andrea murillo, dir. marla phelan
sig. other
fondation des etats-unis, paris
chor. joelle santiago
the well
lincoln center
chor. marla phelan, commissioned by kyle abraham
chor. holly blakey, rep. BOX Artist Management
co-presented by death of classical and carnegie hall
VIDEO/FILM:
altrice: what a place | NOWNESS
chor. akira uchida, rep. BOX Artist Management
chor. evan sagadencky
chor. andrea miller
fact magazine residency: PHANTOM
chor. holly blakey
MOVEMENT DIRECTION:
boiler room x felukah
movement director
veles/tihi
dir. EYIBRA
movement director
prism 2024: an incomplete list
judson memorial church
choreographer
INDUSTRIALS:
h&m x paco rabanne
rep. BOX Artist Management
neuehouse 10x10
dir. stefanie batten bland
the green veil | immersive experience screening
dir. aram rappaport
bookings/inquiries:
writing/teaching:
liana.kleinman@lcds.ac.uk
dance reel/resume/cv
