BETH GRACZYK PRODUCTIONS
Coming Up Next!
Thresholds:
Art, Science & Neurodiversity
June 2
Minneapolis | Parkway Theater
Tix $14 Advance, and $17 at the Door.
An evening of film, performance, and dialogue exploring the diversity of sensory processing through the lenses of art and science. The event will include two short films and a live performance featuring the Twin Cities’ very own Michael Wolfe, who identifies as a “black, queer, performance artist with autism,” offering insight into his daily life and inner world. Neuroscientist Guadalupe Astorga will talk about her research on the neurodiversity of visual perception, and Wolfe & Astorga will both share insights about their unique processes.
Video still by Hanne Vaughn
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BETH GRACZYK
Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, director, performer, and educator based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 21-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.
Artistic Director
She is on Faculty for the Peridance Certification Program in NYC and since 2019. 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 had many ongoing collaborations with artists including John Maria Gutierrez (G^2), Aaron Gabriel, Amy Chavasse, Torben Ulrich, and has danced for Sara Shelton Mann, Mark Haim, Raja Kelly, Molly Scott amongst others. @bethgraczyk, bethgraczyk.com
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. We are grateful to be located on the ancestral homeland of the Lenape people in New York. We acknowledge and pay respect to the Lenape people and to all Indigenous people and future generations.