Cecly PlacentiOct 21, 20213 minAmber Sloan at Arts on SiteRanging from tender to witty and bold, Amber Sloan presents an evening of richly textured, intimate, and intelligently crafted choreo...
Cecly PlacentiJul 21, 20214 minSleeping BeautyTheaters may still be dark in New York City, but Sheep Meadow Dance Theater is lighting up screens with their second foray into what...
Cecly PlacentiJan 24, 20214 minSheep Meadow Dance Theatre2020 was a tough year for the arts. Theaters have been dark since March, dance studios moved their programming online, and most companies...
Cecly PlacentiJun 12, 202011 minWhen 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...
Cecly PlacentiMay 26, 20205 minInternational Artist Nayanika VyasNayanika Vyas was born in New Delhi, India and began dancing at the age of 5. Being from India where western dance is an unconventional...
Cecly PlacentiApr 28, 20205 minAre 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...
Cecly PlacentiFeb 27, 20204 minProject 44 and Annalee TraylorThe Manhattan skyline glimmers through the windows of a former silk factory where choreographers Gierre Godley and Analee Traylor show...
Cecly PlacentiFeb 11, 20203 minComplexions 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...
Cecly PlacentiFeb 3, 20202 minDrastic ActionWatching Aviva Geismar move is like witnessing the unfettering of a soul. She contorts and contracts, flinging trauma from her splayed fi...
Cecly PlacentiJan 29, 20209 minSpotlight Session: Nick AlselmoNick Alselmo is a 2015 graduate from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) with a BFA in contemporary dance. While...
Cecly PlacentiJan 20, 20206 minInternational Artist Faustine LavieFaustine 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...
Cecly PlacentiJan 16, 20203 minG-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...
Cecly PlacentiNov 26, 20192 minBallet RedefinedFounded in 2013, at a time when less than a quarter of U.S. ballet companies were led by women, choreographer and Artistic Director She...
Cecly PlacentiNov 14, 20196 minSpotlight 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...
Cecly PlacentiNov 1, 20193 minImmigration Stories At a time in our society when the issue of immigration is fraught with fear, ignorance, and division, Immigration Stories offers a ...
Cecly PlacentiJul 21, 201911 minSpotlight Session: Ellen Sickenberger/DEPTH DanceIn this contemporary climate, Ellen clearly respects her dancers’ instincts and skills. The process is highly collaborative.