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Yanira Castro is a director/choreographer based in Brooklyn who collaborates with performers and designers on individual projects under the name: a canary torsi. Her performance works integrate movement, installation, music, text, and visual elements such as film and video. She has developed work for a variety of spaces including: the Old American Can Factory, The Gershwin Hotel, The Invisible Dog, and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, among others. Castro’s work has been presented in New York by New York Live Arts/Dance Theater Workshop, Performance Space 122, The Chocolate Factory, the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), and HERE Arts Center, among others. Her work has toured nationally and internationally, and she has been recognized with various awards for her work. Dark Horse/Black Forest, her piece for public bathrooms, received a 2009 New York Dance and Performance “BESSIE” Award,

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