THE 8th FLOOR

: an original evening-length dance-theater performance by Mia Giovanna Kuzma

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MAY 23 & 24, 2026

9pm  |  $15 general admission / $10 student

  

Dance meets theatre in this new work by Mia Giovanna Kuzma. Through comedy, drama, and soundscapes, we follow a woman as she walks into the memories of her time spent in a psych ward. She encounters the fragments of her ego and struggles to accept them as they are. Ultimately, they are the catalyst for her to embrace change and step into a new chapter of her life. Join Kuzma and her troupe of eclectic characters in a night of ups and downs, twists and turns.

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THE 8th FLOOR is the transient landscape in which we all will find ourselves at one point or another. This work asks of us: “what will it take for you to discover an urgency for life?”

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Mia Giovanna Kuzma is a movement artist originally from Vashon Island, Washington. She moved to Pittsburgh and earned her BFA in dance at Point Park University in 2025. Kuzma has presented her choreography in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles. Mia Giovanna continues to create interdisciplinary works that touch on themes of humanity as the newest resident artist at The Space Upstairs.​