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Merián Soto

Dancer Merián Soto kneels with one knee slightly higher than the other. Her body faces the camera but her eyes are downcast. Her medium length gray hair falls towards her face. She is wearing a flowy rust-colored top and loose khaki-colored pants. In her outstretched hands she holds two curved branches. The branch in her left hand is nearly bent in half and almost touches the floor. The branch in her right hand extends in a graceful arc above her head, mirroring the casual grace in Soto’s pose.
Photo: Bill Hebert
  • Interviews

I am the Archive

Ellen Miller

Still dancing, Merián Soto reflects on her storied career.

Photo: Carlos Avendaño
  • Reviews

SaltSoul: Loss and Mourning, part 1

Toni Shapiro-Phim

Guest Writer Toni Shapiro-Phim reflects on Jungwoong Kim's SaltSoul.

Photo:Rocio Cabello
  • Reviews

Grounded and Present with Merian Soto’s Video Installation

Beau Hancock

I wonder what would happen if we all felt this grounded place, this present self.

Photo: Lindsay Browning
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Inside SoMoS: A Photo Gallery

Lisa Kraus

The magical village of domes, projections and branch dancing of Merián Soto's "SoMoS."

  • Interviews

In Conversation with Merián Soto

Beau Hancock

A discussion with Soto on her influences and interests, on teaching improvisation and the possibilities of the body.

Photo: Kilian Kröll
  • Reviews

The Topography of a Performance

Kilian Kröll

Merián Soto’s Branch Dances don’t just do away with traditional notions of performance, they reorganize whole landscapes.

Susanna Pham
  • News

Striking a CORD – the Philadelphia Conference

Ellen Gerdes

I’m often asked in apparent disbelief: “Do people actually research dance?”