Miryam Coppersmith

11/14/2024

Join me for A Premiere of New Work Plus Yiddish Dance Classes in Philly! Take a look at my latest newsletter for info on my performance next week and teaching in December!

Hello friends, supporters, and collaborators, The next two paragraphs contain some election-related thoughts. If you're exhausted by those, feel free to skip down to info about my upcoming teaching & performances. This past year, I've joined many other Jewish Americans in holding up the banner of sh...

08/15/2024

Come learn Yiddish dance from me this September with live music by klezmer legends Susan Watts and Steve Rice! This is a unique opportunity to delve deeply into the world of Yiddish dance, so register early and don't miss your chance: https://www.phillyjcc.com/event/yiddish-dancing/2024-09-15/

Yiddish dance offers many joyful and playful ways to dance to klezmer music: in a line, a circle, with a partner, or on your own. Join Miryam Coppersmith to learn about the history of “dancing Jewish,” explore the different rhythms and dances of Eastern Europe, and get moving! Miryam is passionate about dancing being accessible for all and will offer modifications for mobility and accessibility needs. This gems-sponsored class series is open to adults and teens of all ages.

Our Yiddish dance class is accompanied by klezmer’s finest; Susan Watts on trumpet and Steve Rice on accordion. Together, live and in person, these dynamic klezmorim will lay down the klezmer grooves for the Yiddish dances!

08/03/2024

Workshop Alert! Come join me for an Introduction to Yiddish Dance with Mignolo Dance at Mignolo Arts Center in Metuchen, NJ next Sunday!

Back to All Events Yiddish Dance Workshop Sunday, August 11, 2024 1:00 PM 2:30 PM mignolo arts center 272 Lake Avenue Metuchen, NJ, 08840 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Quick View Yiddish Dance Workshop with Miryam $20.00 Miryam Coppersmith (she/they) is a Philadelphia-based performance art...

07/29/2024

Save the Date for the November premiere of Vervet Dance's Quartet for the End of Time! And please follow the link to donate and support the production if you are able.

Support Vervet Dance's "Quartet for the End of Time" premiere in Philly Nov 22-23, 2024

05/29/2024

Come see me premiere a new work in progress with collaborators Kimya Jackson, Leigh Huster, and Shannon Brooks. It's going to be a sweet night with two other artists showing work and opportunities for the audience to share their insights. I hope you can join us!

Join us at our 2024 Spring STUDIO WORKS on June 1st! Featuring experiments in performance, sound, and materials with local artists Vyette Tiya, Miryam Coppersmith, and Aubrey Donisch with Shana Crawford.

JUNE 1 ⎯ 8pm ⎯ The Art Room Studio: 2329 s 3rd st. - 2nd fl
$10 - $35 • pay at door • no one turned away for lack of funds

Studio Works is an informal performance series for local artists to share work in any stage of their process. Artist are given studio space and complete full agency over how and what they share. All proceeds go to the artists.

Vyette Tiya:
“building a house for a home” explores what it means to seek steady ground. Collaborative and interdisciplinary, this piece considers recollection, displacement, lineage, and homemaking – a calling back to move forward.
Featured collaborator: Daniel Sohn ( ).

Miryam Coppersmith:
“I’m taking up so much space I’m excreting it.” This work in progress explores themes of abundance and scarcity in our individual lives, communities, and ecosystems. Whenever I approach clarity of what abundance might look like for me personally, I snag when I consider how my wildest hopes or dreams would affect the environment or communities around me. How could we actually navigate personal and collective abundance? And what is that, past the buzzwords, anyway? This ensemble of artists has been exploring these questions through discussion, movement, and play in space.
Featured. collaborators: Kimya Imani Jackson, Shannon Brooks, and Leigh Huster

Aubrey Donisch and Shana Crawford:
We are figuring out the Echosystem. This is: A duet that exists in phases. A duet that transposes space. A duet that transmits the energy. A duet that acts as the carbon. A duet that is built from and for more than just us.

Full program and accessibility information at https://buff.ly/3X1vfin

05/17/2024

Take a look at my newsletter for information about upcoming performances and a recap of what I've been up to this very busy spring!
https://wix.to/GWXGCtI

03/27/2024

Process Question for Artists: What resources have you found most useful in shaping your creative process?
Looking especially for:
- resources from BIPOC and indigenous artists
- non-written resources (podcasts, video, etc.)
- resources geared towards choreography, improvisational dance, physical theater and devised theater
AND open to answers that don't fit these criteria!

03/02/2024

Felt like coming home last night to share this show again. Thanks so much to Bridge Street Theatre for having me! 2 more shows tonight and tomorrow night; come on out and join us! Dance party tonight after the show with live music from Margot Leverett, Zoe B. Zak, and Robert Bard and dance leading by yours truly.

Shout outs to Elijah J. Jones, Allison Woitte Jones, Mikhl Yashinsky, Suzanne Bernstein and Chaya Ferguson for being my anchors this weekend!

01/26/2024

Mirele is back! Come out to the Bridge Street Theatre in beautiful Catskill, NY March 1-3 to redn un tantzn Yiddish mit mir 🙂 I'll keep you updated on the project progress here!

March is Women's History Month and, to celebrate, Catskill's Bridge Street Theatre has programmed an amazing all-female line-up for the 2024 edition of its popular “SoloFest”.