Daria Iuriichuk is a dance artist and a researcher of body politics, media, and visual culture based in Moscow. As an artist, she practices dance to investigate intersections of affect, perception, gender, and labor. Since 2017 she worked as part of zhvyu, a collaboration of movement researchers. Since 2019 she works for politically and socially engaged documentary theater projects with a focus on collaborative work. She has a BA in art history (Moscow State University) and an MA degree in cultural studies (Higher School of Economics, Moscow), where she works as visiting tutor. Besides researching, creating and performing, her practice also includes writing and lecturing.