Michael Vitaly Sazonov is a teaching artist, performer, and theatre maker who utilizes movement, music, and words to create a space where we can be ourselves and find joy through new perspectives.
In his role as a teaching artist, he loves helping others tap into their own joy and find their own creative voices. His experience as an actor and theatre maker has shaped his overall spirited and holistic approach to teaching. He believes that if you warm up the body, breath, and imagination, your creativity is limitless — and that process is empowering and unforgettable. His approach is centered on the idea that experiential learning and radical kindness can get us closer to ourselves and to each other.
Sazonov currently teaches in both English and Spanish with the Dance for PD flagship program in Brooklyn, a program of the Mark Morris Dance Group which offers specialized dance classes to people with Parkinson’s, their families, friends, and care partners online in New York City and through affiliates in more than 300 communities in 25 countries around the world. He also teaches with the American Repertory Ballet’s Dance for Parkinson’s program in New Jersey and is a member of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ Creative Aging Communities of Practice, and their Creative Aging Learning Laboratory (CALLab). He values his work with older adults and the Parkinson’s community beyond measure.
Sazonov received a 2025 fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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