Marika Brussel is a contemporary ballet choreographer. Her work reshapes narratives through ballet, showing our inter-connectedness and equity as humans, bringing ballet into the 21st Century.
Her work has explored myths, plays, and personal stories such as: Unraveling, a ballet about dementia; From Shadows, a ballet about homelessness (premiered 2017 to sold out audiences in San Francisco); and Still Time For Impossible, a ballet which looked at the climate crisis.
Her ballets have been commissioned by Kansas City Ballet, New Ballet Studio Company, ARC Dance, Columbia Repertory Ballet, Bay Pointe Ballet, Emote Dance Theater, Berkeley Ballet Theater, and Ballet Theater of New Mexico. She has shown work at festivals around the country, including Dancing in the Park, Oakland Dances, and West Wave. Marika has held residencies at the Levydance, Dresher Ensemble Residency, Moving Arts SF, SAFEhouse Arts and at Keshet Makers Space. She has twice been part of ODC's Pilot Project, and was a choreographer in Doug Varone's Devices 5. Other awards include two Fleishhacker Opportunity Grants and a grant from The Classical Girl. Marika was a recipient of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fellowship for Contemporary Ballet (2019), a fellow at LABA East Bay (2020), and is currently a fellow with The Peace Studio.
Her ballet House of Names premieres virtually, July 2021.
Her work has explored myths, plays, and personal stories such as: Unraveling, a ballet about dementia; From Shadows, a ballet about homelessness (premiered 2017 to sold out audiences in San Francisco); and Still Time For Impossible, a ballet which looked at the climate crisis.
Her ballets have been commissioned by Kansas City Ballet, New Ballet Studio Company, ARC Dance, Columbia Repertory Ballet, Bay Pointe Ballet, Emote Dance Theater, Berkeley Ballet Theater, and Ballet Theater of New Mexico. She has shown work at festivals around the country, including Dancing in the Park, Oakland Dances, and West Wave. Marika has held residencies at the Levydance, Dresher Ensemble Residency, Moving Arts SF, SAFEhouse Arts and at Keshet Makers Space. She has twice been part of ODC's Pilot Project, and was a choreographer in Doug Varone's Devices 5. Other awards include two Fleishhacker Opportunity Grants and a grant from The Classical Girl. Marika was a recipient of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Fellowship for Contemporary Ballet (2019), a fellow at LABA East Bay (2020), and is currently a fellow with The Peace Studio.
Her ballet House of Names premieres virtually, July 2021.
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