sarAika

movement collective

We make dance for and about people.

All photos are by BeccaVision unless mentioned.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Dance Parade
"in the weight of it"

📅 Date &📍 Location: May 9
PARADE: 12.20PM
South on 6th Ave 17st
East on 8th St, Astor Place, St. Mark’s Street

MAINSTAGE PERFORMANCE: 2.40PM
Tompkins Square Park

Presenting an excerpt of our new work in progress “in the weight of it” in collaboration with Seian University of Art and Design’s Costume Design program in Japan.

Spoke The Hub Presents Wheelhouse # 10

📅 Date: Saturday, June 20  •  7:30 PM – 9 PM
📍 Location: Spoke The Hub (748 Union Street Brooklyn, NY 11215)

Wheelhouse #10 brings together dancers, movers, and neighbors for an evening of live performance, process, and conversation 🎉. Hosted by Spoke the Hub, this series opens the studio doors so you can see how new work grows from first spark to full piece. sarAika will present their duet “Unsaid, Still Understood”.

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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.

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

Choreographer, dancer, director,

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

Dance artist, choreographer,

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.

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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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