“Gersony draws on her agility and strength to portray the living fight within a body in captivity and under siege. At times, that unmistakable life flares, equally disturbing and impressive.”
biography
Alyssa Gersony has worked as a dancer and choreographer in NYC since 2012. Her solo performances have been presented throughout the city at Movement Research at the Judson Church, Gibney Dance, Dixon Place, the Center for Performance Research, and Triskelion Arts, among others. Alyssa holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus in Choreography and Intermedia Performance. She is a 2021-2022 Fulbright awardee in dance research (Rīga, Latvia) and a 2024 Processing Foundation Fellow.
In addition to her solo practice, Alyssa has performed in collaborative ensemble projects with choreographers Keith Hennessy (USA), Inky Lee (DE), Moya Michael (BE), Christian Duarte (BR), Eileen Standley (USA), and Mary Fitzgerald (USA). She has had the pleasure of working as a performance research assistant to artists Jaamil Olawale Kosoko (USA), Thomas Lehmen (DE), and Grisha Coleman (USA).
Alyssa was a 2022-2023 postgraduate artistic researcher at a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies), and is currently an artist in residence at Grand Hospice in Brussels, Belgium. She is the recipient of an Iowa Arts Fellowship, a 2019 MFA Summer Arts Fellowship, and a 2019/2020 Graduate College Fellowship. Her work abroad has been supported in partnership with Hectolitre, Mā Telpa, Laukku, and the Latvian Dance Information Center in Rīga, Latvia.