Cecly Placenti
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In an abstract medium such as dance, distinguishing a choreographer’s initial idea from their final product can be difficult for an...
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Cecly Placenti
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Amber Sloan at Arts on Site
Ranging from tender to witty and bold, Amber Sloan presents an evening of richly textured,
intimate, and intelligently crafted choreo...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Sleeping Beauty
Theaters may still be dark in New York City, but Sheep Meadow Dance Theater is lighting up screens with their second foray into what...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jan 23, 2021
- 4 min
Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre
2020 was a tough year for the arts. Theaters have been dark since March, dance studios moved their programming online, and most companies...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jun 12, 2020
- 11 min
When Everything is Still, How Do We Continue Moving?
Cecly Placenti- June 12, 2020 Before COVID-19 struck and began what I like to think of as The Great Pause, my life as an artist in New...
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Cecly Placenti
- May 25, 2020
- 5 min
International Artist Nayanika Vyas
Nayanika Vyas was born in New Delhi, India and began dancing at the age of 5. Being from India where western dance is an unconventional...
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Cecly Placenti
- Apr 27, 2020
- 5 min
Are You or Do You?
Whisper, tap, slide, snap. Rhythms emerge out of darkness, layering in complexity. Swoosh, tap-tap, clap. Stage lights come up slowly...
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Cecly Placenti
- Feb 27, 2020
- 4 min
Project 44 and Annalee Traylor
The Manhattan skyline glimmers through the windows of a former silk factory where choreographers Gierre Godley and Analee Traylor show...
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Cecly Placenti
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
If there is a company with more stamina than Complexions Contemporary Ballet, I haven’t seen them. Everything you’d expect from a world c...
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Cecly Placenti
- Feb 2, 2020
- 2 min
Drastic Action
Watching Aviva Geismar move is like witnessing the unfettering of a soul. She contorts and contracts, flinging trauma from her splayed fi...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jan 29, 2020
- 9 min
Spotlight Session: Nick Alselmo
Nick Alselmo is a 2015 graduate from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) with a BFA in contemporary dance. While...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jan 19, 2020
- 6 min
International Artist Faustine Lavie
Faustine Lavie was born in Toulon, France where she started ballet lessons at age 3. She went on to study at the Paris Opera Ballet Schoo...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jan 15, 2020
- 3 min
G-G-Game Show, Live!
In a culture of disconnection, where we are bombarded by incessant stimuli and choreographers are finding it increasingly difficult to en...
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Cecly Placenti
- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
Ballet Redefined
Founded in 2013, at a time when less than a quarter of U.S. ballet companies were led by women, choreographer and Artistic Director She...
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Cecly Placenti
- Nov 13, 2019
- 6 min
Spotlight Session: Bonnie O’Rourke
What are the Spotlight Sessions? I was the child who asked “why” 150 times in a row, to the dismay and occasional annoyance of the adults...
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Cecly Placenti
- Oct 31, 2019
- 3 min
Immigration Stories
At a time in our society when the issue of immigration is fraught with fear, ignorance, and division, Immigration Stories offers a ...
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Cecly Placenti
- Jul 21, 2019
- 11 min
Spotlight Session: Ellen Sickenberger/DEPTH Dance
In this contemporary climate, Ellen clearly respects her dancers’ instincts and skills. The process is highly collaborative.
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