Beth Graczyk
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"As an audience we are left with a firm belief in a pursuit of honest connection; true human relationships​ - physical, emotional, electronic or otherwise - may be our one saving grace"- Tara Sheena, Culturebot



Beth Graczyk is a Brooklyn-based dance artist and scientist who aims to spark creative dialogue through performance, teaching, and contemporary dance-based projects focusing on inclusion and celebration of LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse communities. Graczyk seeks innovation through rigorous collaborations with creative experts in different fields including science and technology to inspire a greater accessibility of ideas through time-based community engagements.

​Desire Motor

A dance-theater work for two that releases flesh-filled notions of loneliness in micro-doses through Penelope Penelopinski, background artist, who conjures temporal insights through Pleiadian Messages, prepared puddles, and intimacy coaching with Sapphic house plants.
Thesis Things Do Not Belong Together (2020)
Thirst (2018-2020)
One of You Is Fake (2017-2018)
Beast (2016)

Collaborations

Thresholds (2021- ) With Guadalupe Astorga & Aaron Gabriel
G^2 (2018-) With John Gutierrez
Leztwirl (2018-) With Rachel Pritzlaff
Interact Theater Here.Them.Now. (2019-)

Past

Cacophony for 8 Players (2012-2014) With Torben Ulrich & Angelina Baldoz
Rose Blue (2016-2017) With Corrie Befort
Salt Horse (2008-2016) With Corrie Befort & Angelina Baldoz

Biography

Beth Graczyk is a body-based artist based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 20-year career as a creative-maker and bench scientist has allowed her to cultivate a unique perspective that reaches actively within and between the forms of art and science. Graczyk seeks to work with populations whose experiences are often ignored including female-identified, neurodiverse, and LGBTQIA+ bodies. Since 2002, Graczyk has performed throughout the US and in Japan, Ecuador, France, China and India and in NYC has been presented by Gibney, La Mama, Jack, CPR, and Movement Research amongst others. In 2019, Graczyk directed a new work in collaboration with Aaron Gabriel examining the experiences of LGBTQIA+ artists with disabilities that was workshopped at the Walker Arts Center and featured in Critical Correspondence. She has a collaborative partnership with John Maria Gutierrez (G^2), and is on Faculty for the Peridance Certification Program. Concurrently, Graczyk is an author on 10 science publications and received a 2020 Pilot Award from Rockefeller University with collaborator Guadalupe Astorga for research on visual perception and neurodiversity. Graczyk co-directed the performance company Salt Horse in Seattle from 2008-2016 where they received funding from 4 Culture, Artist Trust, Washington State Arts Commission, NEA and commissions including City of Seattle, Northwest Film Forum and Cornish. As a performer she has worked with many artists including Torben Ulrich, Mark Haim, Sara Shelton Mann, Raja Kelly, Amy Chavasse, and K.J. Holmes. @bethgraczyk
Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc is committed to anti-racism and de-colonization practices through self-education, community engagement, and sustaining connections and support with individuals and organizations engaging in the work. 
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  • Projects
    • Desire Motor
    • Collaborations >
      • G^2
      • Thresholds
      • Leztwirl
      • Sky Duets
    • Publications
  • About
    • Artist Statement
    • Press
    • Video
  • Teaching
  • Calendar
  • SUPPORT