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@CPR BAIRA + Beth Graczyk Decay Delay Friday, March 17, 2023 TIX: HERE Saturday, March 18, 2023 TIX: HERE 7:30 PM CPR – Center for Performance Research 361 Manhattan AvenueBrooklyn, NY, 11211 (map) |
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Shaina & Bryan Baira (Detroit) and Beth Graczyk (NYC) share an evening of new and evolving works as they grapple with methods of delayed decay through physical practice and engagement of self & other within the disintegrating material world. BAIRA & Graczyk’s notions of kinetic impulse will differentiate with image and form while threading together into an evening of performance which cultivates emergent community and care.
Dancers: Bree Breeden, Emily Cattan, Rachel Sigrid Freeburg Composer: Aaron Gabriel with vocalists Zena Moses & Thomasina Petrus Drawings by Cristina de Miguel Lighting Design by Liz Schweitzer BAIRA Artists: Coco Alison, Shaina Baira, Bryan Baira, Eric Blovits, Jon Chapdelaine, Justine Lee, Joey Mattar, Steven Orrego Upegui, Jessica Rajko, Stjepan Rajko, and Faith Sheffield. |
Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc is a 501(c)(3) based in NYC
Beth Graczyk is an independent performance artist and Artistic Director of Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc. (BGP)
BGP creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBtQIA+ and neurodiverse communities.
BGP creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBtQIA+ and neurodiverse communities.
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Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, director, performer and educator based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 20-year career as a creative-maker and scientist has allowed her to cultivate a unique perspective. She is the Artistic Director of Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc. (BGP) which creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBtQIA+ and neurodiverse communities. Since 2002, Graczyk has performed throughout the US and in Japan, Ecuador, France, China and India and in NYC has been presented by Velocity Dance Center, 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 is on Faculty for the Peridance Certification Program in NYC. 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. She has many ongoing collaborations with artists including John Maria Gutierrez (G^2), Aaron Gabriel, Amy Chavasse, Michael Wolfe, and in the recent past with danish artist Torben Ulrich. @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.
Video & edit: Rooftop, Beth Graczyk