Find Your Voice
with Performance for Poets
Your poem doesn’t end
when the page is printed.
It begins again in your body, on the stage,
and in the stillness before a word is spoken.
What to Expect
Across eight sessions, we'll alternate between:
☆ technical text and performance development with Katya Borkov, and
☆ space for somatic and emotional integration* held by Kathryn Rose Rieber.
Through these lenses,
we'll explore:
1
Text and Memorization
Hold your text in memory, and improvise with confidence when performance throws you curveballs
2
Voice and Delivery
Define your work's cadence, tone, pacing, breath and enunciation in a manner true to your unique voice
3
Embodied Movement
Refine your muscle memory through gaze, posture, gesture, and stillness, increasing your understanding and awareness of the nervous system while performing
4
Production and Expansion
Develop a personal performance language by experimenting with video work, props and/or score, and regulation rituals to frame your time onstage
When + Where
☆ Live on Zoom, Mondays 7–9 PM ET
☆ April 6th – May 25th, 2026
☆ Live performance on Monday, June 1st, 2026 in New York City
Cost
Register by March 1st for an early bird discount
☆ $800 includes eight weeks of tuition and final showcase
☆ Spots are limited to ensure an intimate group container
☆ Payment plans and partial scholarships available
About your facilitators
Katya Borkov (they/she)
is a poet, movement artist, and educator whose performance practice stems from a decade of ballroom dance training and a deep commitment to embodied expression.
Borkov was an artist-in-residence with League of Stars (2025), and Brooklyn Poets Fellowship Finalist (2023). Their poetry has been featured by Discount Guillotine, Temptations Salon, Experimental Creations, Secret Pete’s and Auteurism. Borkov is the author of Flamingo Heights (Tiny Cutlery Press, 2025), and collage-poetry zine “V. The Vision” (2021). Their words also appear in Impulse Magazine, AN Interior and At The Well, and their visual artwork has been exhibited at the Ke-nee-go-keshek Fine Arts Workshop (2025), Superfine Art Fair (2023) and Zinefest (2023). Borkov has performed at Spoke the Hub with BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance (2025) and in the cast of “You can hear footsteps” by Elliot Reed (2024).
Borkov holds a BA in the History of Adornment and Embodied Identity from NYU Gallatin. They have studied under artists like Lyle Ashton Harris, Nina Katchadourian, Rachelle Toarmino and Reed Rushes, and have facilitated interdisciplinary arts programs at The Foundry in Cambridge, MA, Performance Space New York, Sapphic House and beyond.
About your facilitators
Kathryn Rose Rieber (she/they)
is an artist, poet, and psychodynamic therapist creating magic all over New York City. She holds a BA in Communication from University of Massachusetts Amherst and a MSW from NYU, along with advanced clinical training in trauma therapy and supervision.
As a licensed clinical social worker with a background in trauma-informed care, Kathryn Rose has led programs for survivors of gender-based, domestic violence, managed hospital-based mental health services (outpatient), and supervised supportive housing programs. She works with infants, new parents, children, adults, couples, and families using CBT, EFT, MBSR, and somatic experiencing techniques. She has completed the 200-hour Hatha yoga teacher training with Dan Ward, as well as Wanderlust Hollywood’s 200-hour Vinyasa flow training with Joan Hyman.
Kathryn Rose has shared artwork and read poetry across the Northeast, from Amherst Coffee in the Pioneer Valley, to CULTURE Creamery and the Bowery Poetry Club in NYC. They are the founder of the monthly beat poetry Salon Writrix Room, and have presented work at 8 Ball Zine Fair, RAW NYC, Conception Arts Los Angeles, La Fleur Cafe, the Poetry Society of New York’s Poetry Festival, and beyond.
