Articles written by Miryam Coppersmith

Elastic Lineage

From the burst-into-the-crowd pre-show to the buffet and talkback following

How to Audience

Questions to consider when viewing a performance. You know how

Time Transforming Truth

Theatre Philadelphia and thINKingDANCE continue our partnership, begun in 2018, bringing coverage and

Shifting Needs

Zornitsa Stoyanova started Get What You Need (GWYN) in 2015

Carolyn Merritt

Theatre Philadelphia and thINKingDANCE continue our partnership, begun in 2018, bringing

Draw Me In

Fringe is made for shows like Wear and Tear. Performed at

PHILADANCO Moves

Joan Myers Brown, founder of PHILADANCO, introduces Choreographers on the Move from

Chew on This

It’s Saturday night at FringeArts. The bleachers are pushed aside,

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Miryam Coppersmith is a performance artist, writer and educator who aims to create spaces for transformation for her collaborators, audience, and greater community. She currently serves as the Executive Director for thINKingDANCE.

Miryam Coppersmith

Miryam Coppersmith is a performance artist, writer, and educator who aims to create spaces for transformation for her collaborators, audience, and greater community. She creates with movement, speech, and sound coming from her body, drawing on training in Contact Improvisation, Six Viewpoints, theater, song, Black American social dance, and other influences. She is also a skilled Yiddish dance leader, having trained under master teacher Steve Weintraub, and has taught workshops across the country. Miryam’s solo dance/theater piece Mirele Lernt Zich Yiddish premiered in Cannonball Festival 2023 and was hailed a “must-see performance” by The Dance Journal. She has performed with the Six Viewpoints Institute, Vervet Dance, Olivia Brown, Janna Meiring, Theatre Ariel, and others. As an arts administrator and community organizer, she has worked with The Naked Stark, Leah Stein Dance Company, Contact Improvisation Philly, Shtetl Philly, and Powerhouse Blues. Learn more.