BETH GRACZYK PRODUCTIONS
Coming to the northwest this fall!
October 18 & 19 | Dekum Street Theater, Portland
October 21 | BASE, Seattle
Stay tuned for ticket info!
A Body (un)becoming explores the tension between decay and transformation, where the body meets disintegrating materials in acts of touch, labor, and experimentation. Working with discarded substances like eggshells, the piece asks what forms are possible through pressure, heat, and attention. Eggshells, mistaken for tiles or concrete, resist and reform, inviting a choreography of co-creation rather than domination. This work challenges fixed ideas of being and utility, proposing humanness as a permeable state—fragile, reforming, and ongoing. By animating the overlooked, A Body (un)becoming invites us to consider how we engage with the materials we discard and the selves we’re becoming.
Directed by Beth Graczyk
Performed by Leah Wilks & Beth Graczyk
Music by Aaron Gabriel, cello Laura Sewell
Costumes by Asa Thornton
Biomaterial Sculptures by Beth Graczyk
Photo by Effy Grey
How is neurodiversity perceived in India?
Read an insightful research paper (HERE) by Riddhi Atri, a psychology student in India, exploring this question. Last spring, Riddhi worked with Beth during an internship, where she initiated a research project examining perceptions of neurodiversity in India, particularly in the city of Bangalore. Their collaboration built on a connection formed in 2019 when Beth traveled to India, met Riddhi, and choreographed a dance for Arunima Gupta’s production at The Floor.
Riddhi Atri is currently a psychology student at Inventure Academy in grade 11. She has simultaneously been learning ballet for 8 years, alongside other dance forms. When not dancing she enjoys reading and writing. Riddhi is interested in research within the areas of developmental psychology, and neuroscience. She is excited to share her first study and write-up on neurodiveristy in India with a US-based audience.
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BETH GRACZYK
Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, director, performer, and educator based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 22-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) bridging art and science through interdisciplinary performance while centering queer and neurodivergent perspectives. As a choreographer, she has made work since 2006, presenting throughout the US and in Japan, China, India, presented by Velocity Dance Center, Gibney, La Mama, Jack, CPR, Movement Research amongst others. She is on Faculty for the Peridance Certification Program in NYC and since 2019. Her company’s recent dance documentary film, "Waiting for the Bus," explores self-expression, movement, and identity through the lens of autism and has been selected for the 2024 NY Global Lift-Off ,Sans Souci Dance Film Festival (CO), and 2025 Winter Film Festival (NYC).
Artistic Director
From 2008 to 2016, she co-directed the performance company Salt Horse with Corrie Befort in Seattle, receiving funding from 4Culture, Artist Trust, Washington State Arts Commission, NEA, and commissions from the City of Seattle, Northwest Film Forum, and Cornish College. She has collaborated with artists such as John Maria Gutierrez (G^2), Aaron Gabriel, Amy Chavasse, and Torben Ulrich, and has danced for Sara Shelton Mann, Mark Haim, Raja Kelly, Molly Scott, Jen Salk, and KJ Holmes among others. Concurrently, Graczyk is a biochemist and author on 10 science publications and currently studies olfaction in insects in the Ruta lab at The Rockefeller University.
For more information, visit bethgraczyk.com, @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. 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.