Anna Sapozhnikov is a teacher, choreographer, and performer with roots based in Chicagoland. As an educator, Anna is proud to have started the dance program at York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, where she taught from 2008 to 2019. Her teaching credits also include serving as dance faculty at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the Youth Performing Arts High School in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as the Louisville Ballet School. Anna received her BFA and MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she is currently Assistant Head of Program Administration & Engagement as well as a Lecturer in Dance. She holds her K-12 teaching certification from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. 

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Anna is the founder and artistic director of MOYAMO DANCE as well as co-director of the duet collective she shares with Erika Randall, Sweetie Pie Productions. She is a long-time collaborator and performer with Sara Hook Dances and David Parker & The Bang Group, as well as Rebecca Nettl-Fiol. Sapozhnikov's choreography has been produced in various venues throughout New York, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Colorado, and West Virginia. She is also the recipient of numerous grants from the Illinois Arts Council, the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the District 205 Foundation (Thiems Grant) and was chosen as a DanceChance awardee thru the Chicago Dancemaker's Forum in 2024.

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Upcoming Engagements:

DanceChance 2024

January 29, 2024: Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio 6:30pm

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Hedwig Dances Spring Concert of New Works
April 5 - April 7, 2024: Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Chicago

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