Angelic Architectures

Symara Sarai, a Portland, Oregon native currently residing in Brooklyn, has immersed herself in interdisciplinary and choreographic studies globally with deep recognition. Sarai was named Dance Magazines’ 2025 “Top 25 to Watch,” a 2023 Bessie Winner for Breakout Choreographer/2025 Bessie nominee for Outstanding Performer, and a recipient of the Dai Ailian Foundation Scholarship based in Trinidad and Tobago. The New York Times stated that Sarai is a “courageously committed performer and maker.” The Dai Ailian Foundation scholarship led her to Beijing, China where she spent two years gaining an associate degree in modern choreography at the Beijing Dance Academy. Sarai is a 2019 graduate of SUNY Purchase’s Conservatory of Dance Program. She is currently a featured artist in Greater New York and was recently a BOFFO 2025 commissioned artist, a 24-26 Movement Research Artist in Residence and a 24-26 Abrons Arts Center Performance AIRspace Resident. In the past she has performed at and choreographed at Mercury Store, Gibney 6.2 Work Up, Gallim’s 2022 Moving Artist’s Residency, BAX’s Fall 2022 Space Grant Program, Center for Performance Research’s 2022 AIR Program, New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks 23/24 and Bearnstow’s Resident Artist program. She has had multiple film works commissioned by Berlin-based choreographer Christoph Winkler. Their work as a performer and maker has been reviewed and featured in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, CultureBot, Dance Enthusiast, Fjord and Forbes.