Anastasia overcomes this ephemerality by extending the existence of dance, taking it beyond the confines of the “here and now” into the plane of “forever.” Her body is the vehicle, echoing choreographic lines, the rigor of Suprematist geometry, and the emotive force of Abstract Expressionism. Her paintings on view, Endurance (2025), Floored (2025), and Seared (2025), exemplify this synthesis. The skeleton, the bare bones of the pieces, are bodily sketches. Driven by adrenaline, the hours of pain, exhaustion and exploration become distant, almost intangible. What remains is the aftermath of a performance. Layers of paint are accumulated by body and hand, like layers of skin; scratched, burned and bruised, viscerally felt, and acutely alive. Segments of movement appear to push through the layers from beneath, like muscle memory and arise again at the surface. The artist invites us to feel the sensations of a dancer in movement and beyond movement, to feel not only the beauty of the moment, but the moments after the expression ends. What is left behind? Physical and psychological weight, memory, history and legacy. The complexity of dance as an art form is held in these layers, simultaneously celebrating and raising questions of dedication, sacrifice and beauty.