All photos are by BeccaVision unless mentioned.
What we offer
Perform our works at your event
We’ve performed for over 70 events throughout NYC and broadly since 2021.
Create your work
Commision.
We do commit to maximize your company’s artistry and dancers abilities.
Model for your arts
For students to professional artists.
From basic line to complexed shape.
Your artistry × our artistry
Share our methodology
Full range of motion by:
Joints fluidity, Dynamic weight shifting, Reflective floor-work. And how creating space inside our body reflects outside space.
WHAT'S NEXT?
JAPAN PARADE 2024
Saturday, May 11th
1:00 PM EST~
Route: Central Park West
RED CARPET & MARCHING PERFORMANCE!
Combining art, dance, and music, sarAika & JAANY(Japanese Artist Association of New York) will celebrate, strengthen and bring awareness to the friendship between NYC and Japan with a thank you from the Japanese community.
DANCE PARADE 2024
Saturday, May 18th
12:00 PM EST~
Route: Please see the map
RED CARPET, STAGE SHOW & MARCHING PERFORMANCE!
sarAika has been invited by the Dance Parade and we’ll perform “DOUBLE BIND” with the original costumes and hair art. Don’t miss the chance to see sarAika’s six talented dancers marching through the streets of NYC. There will also be two more performances, one on the red carpet and another on the stage!
Six Degrees of Separation
EST
Embodying the theory that all people are connected through a social network of six or fewer degrees, Six Degrees of Separation is an annual showcase that brings together artists from NYC and beyond, presenting work around a common theme. Although connected to one another by one degree of separation, many participating artists have never met or worked together. Designed to engage new audiences and promote professional connections within the dance community, SDS provides a space for artists to create and workshop material while sharing resources and expenses.
Affordable Community Class
ESTChez Bushwick
304 Boerum Street, #23
Brooklyn, NY 11206 (Take L train to Morgan stop)
Perfect for beginners or those looking to strengthen their foundation in floorwork. Our focus is on safe and efficient methods of floor movement, utilizing joint efficiency and momentum to maximize your body’s potential. We’ll teach you how to add fluidity and dynamism to your dance without putting too much pressure on your joints. Our goal is to help you develop reflective floorwork, a full range of motion, and to dance organically, using your body’s natural functions, rather than relying on power.
Queensboro Dance Festival
- Sat June 8 Tour Opening, Travers Park 6:00 PM (raindate June 9)
- Friday June 21 Evergreen Park 5pm
- Sat Aug 3 Queensbridge Park 5:00 PM
- Thur Aug 15 Forest Park Bandshell 7:00 PM (please note time change)
- Sat Aug 17 Fort Totten 5:00 PM
- Tue Aug 27 Athens Square 6:00 PM (raindate 28th)
- Sun Sept 15 Queens Theatre FINALE 5:00 PM
Calling for DANCERS, DRAG PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS!
Our mission
sarAika movement collective advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the dance ecosystem. As spokeswomen of immigrants, women, POC, and queer in NYC, we strive to create art representing and empowering the communities we belong to.
sarAika makes dance for and about people.
About us
Sara Pizzi
conceptual artist
Sara Pizzi (she/her) is a dancer, choreographer, conceptual artist and director from Italy. In 2020, Sara defined her creative space S|R|P|Z collaborating with local artists in order to achieve her goal of creating art as a non-activist documentary of this world to explain what it should be changed, to give some possibilities of change and create space of reflection.
Aika Takeshima
DEI practitioner
Aika Takeshima(she/her) is a dance artist, choreographer, DEI practitioner, and co-director of the sarAika movement collective from Japan. She is also a founder of “LIVABALL,” a DEI (Diversity Inclusion Equity) consultant. She creates dance works and advocates for a more inclusive society for her ultimate goal: to help people find more freedom and possibilities in themselves, aiming to make society more livable to all.
Our team
Faustine Lavie
Mayu Nakaya
Haley Morgan
Maitlin Jordan
Arianna Wellmoney
REBECCA MARCELA OVIATT/BECCAVISION
Carol Prud’homme Davis
What others are saying about our past works
Contribution for us means
As immigrants, women, POC, and queer, we strive to create art that represents and empowers the communities to which we belong. Our collective comprises artists from our communities who perform and produce artworks that reflect topical aspects and personal insights delivered for our communities to spark empowerment, reflection, and inspiration.
If you believe in the power of art to empower communities, we would appreciate your support and donation. Every small or large donation is appreciated and fundamental in realizing our dreams and empowering our communities.
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