Abigail Zbikowski Abigail Zbikowski received her BFA in dance with a minor in psychology from Temple University. After graduation she continued choreographing and dancing while running a dance program at a high school in New Jersey. She has had the opportunity to show her choreographic work at the National ACDFA Conference at the Kennedy Center, the Dumbo Dance Festival, and the Philadelphia Ethical Society, among others. In the past Abby has performed with George Alley/Alley Ink Dance, Megan Mazarick and Charles O. Anderson/dance theatre X. She is currently in her first year of the MFA program at OSU with a focus on choreography on a University Fellowship.
During the nEW Festival I plan to continue researching movement’s relation to and representation of sound. In an attempt to bridge the gap of dance audiences and the rest of the world, I want to explore ways of making dance as accessible to the masses as music, without losing its integrity. I am also fascinated in thresholds of perception and its variation from person to person. How little and much can audiences really take? What makes anything watchable? I want to continue to look at how much and how little motion is necessary for movement scenarios to convey their purpose. My goal is for the energy to be the focal point, and the body to only be seen as a medium.
