About

Cynthia Berkshire is a Manhattan-based choreographer and performer who has worked as a graphic artist, filmmaker and theater collaborator. Her projects investigate the interrelationship and possibilities within these forms through performance and educational platforms. She received her Masters in Dance at George Washington University. Her work has developed through residencies including White Oak Plantation, and presented at PS122, University Settlement, Knitting Factory, CRIPA India, and Washington Theater Festival, among others. Cynthia has appeared in projects by Kei Takei, Sally Silvers and Noemie LaFrance, performing at Abrons Art Center, La MaMa, Judson Church, and Atlantic Center for the Arts. Her design projects have been seen in The New York Times, Fashion Week, and sold at the Walker Art Center. She has created theatrical choreography for ‘King Lear’ and ‘Ghost Sonata‘ at Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre and Strindberg Festival. Cynthia participated in ‘A Tribute to Judson’ at Washington Project for the Arts and assisted with workshops at American University and George Mason University. Her performance work is in the Department of State’s Arts Envoy program, available to embassies around the world. She is the co-creator of a music documentary series with filmmaker/photographer Jahmani Perry, executive produced by Emmy Award-winning Sam Pollard.

Most recently, Tibet House US presented her multimedia project ‘VEIL: Two Sisters’ in their Gallery, July 2023. The installation ‘ALCHI, Visions of Enlightenment’, with imagery by Peter Van Ham, surrounded the performance. She holds a BA in Community Services and brings a commitment to expand the accessibility of creative movement to bodies of all backgrounds. Her process has evolved alongside the development of community workshops focusing on project themes, including women’s bodies, forgiveness and nature. Her arts background includes studying ballet with Zvi Gotheiner and membership as an ASP artist with Pentacle.

"...smart, adventurous, talented and innovative....fully impressed." —Anne Bogart, Co-Founder SITI Company, Professor of Directing, Columbia University