Leslie Cuyjet

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Leslie Cuyjet is a choreographer and performer who has co-directed, designed, danced, and collaborated with a range of artists including Cynthia Oliver, Will Rawls, Juliana F. May, Jane Comfort, David Gordon, Anohni, NARCISSISTER, Kim Brandt, Niall Jones, and a canary torsi/Yanira Castro among many others. She has received two New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards, one in 2019 for her sustained achievement as a performer, and one in 2022 for outstanding choreographer/creator. Cuyjet’s own work interrogates those experiences, performing in various experimental and post-modern forms, through the lens of a Black body; and has been supported by residencies at Movement Research (2017 - 2019), Center for Performance Research (2019), Yaddo (2019), MoMA PS1 (2019), New Dance Alliance (2020), and MacDowell (2020).

During her residency, Leslie plans to curate and create methods to preserve cultural and art history through dance and movement.

White Noise, a performance by Leslie Cuyjet as part of Tiona Nekkia McClodden’s exhibition, The Trace of an Implied Presence | October 22, 2022, at 4 PM in level 2 galleries at The Shed, 454 West 30th St., NYC

Leslie Cuyjet wins BESSIE Award for Outstanding Choreographer | New York Dance and Performance Awards, Dec. 17, 2022