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1-on-1 Choreographic Mentorship — Anabella Lenzu 1-ON-1 Choreographic Mentorship is a unique program that offers a personally tailored opportunity for aspiring and professional choreographers.

What a joy and honor it has been to write for the DDancEnthusiast‘s as the 2024 Moving Visions Editor.
I’m so excited to share a series of interviews with you focusing on Dance Theater Artists.
Here is my interview with choreographer artistic director of the BBig Dance TheaterEnjoy, and get inspired!
What is Dance Theater? Through a series of interviews during my editorship The Dance Enthusiast, I have collected testimonies from pioneers and contemporary creators in . These conversations about the training and choreographic methodologies in Dance Theater help bridge the gap between dance and theater training, as well as the lineage of European and American dance theater and its current expressions.
As a Latina choreographer with 34 years of experience, my journey from classical ballet to modern dance to dance theater has equipped me with a deep understanding of this interplay.

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Annie B. Parson on What Dance Theater Means to Her "I'll take from the pleasures of theater, but not all of them because I don't find them enjoyable. I'm not into narrative, story, arc, and all those things. Actually, I don't even believe in it." — Annie-B Parson, New York

How do you capture dance, gestures, and the invisible impulses of life through the camera?
It was a beautiful time (and a lot of hard work) last week filming our NEW dance film "Listen to Your Mother" at the magical white box stage at CPR-Center for Performance Research with Todd Carroll
Be on the lookout this coming Fall for its premiere!

“Lenzu takes great risks in this profoundly original, tour de force work, revealing her own body, semi-nude, in awkward, sometimes sexual displays; while simultaneously voicing the struggles, deep loneliness, and pleasures that often accompany the labors of creation in motherhood and artwork.”

Honored to receive such a beautiful review for our show “Listen to Your Mother” at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club last May.
Thanks Mary Seidman and Eye On Dance and The Arts
With Todd Carroll, Agustina Rastelli Gatti

ANABELLA LENZU Listen to Your Mother, (World Premiere), a performance artwork, choreographed and performed by Anabella Lenzu, explored spoken word, movement, and media at the La MaMa Moves! Festival. Lenzu […]

Thanks to Dance Teacher Magazine for interviewing me about the music playlists that I use in my dance classes, as well as my creative practices!
Have fun reading the article by

Anabella Lenzu Sets the Mood in Class by Sticking With One Album - Dance Teacher Anabella Lenzu doesn’t use playlists in her dance classes. Instead, she puts on full albums. “I feel like if I play different songs from different composers, it’s too distracting,” she says. On the other hand, she feels like “one album is an exploration.”

Honored to receive such a beautiful review for our show “Listen to Your Mother” at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club last May.
Thanks Mary Seidman and Eye On Dance and The Arts
"Lenzu combined her many talents as a choreographer, visual artist, scholar, and performer in this tightly woven, intricate work, revealing the inner landscape of women, the female body, motherhood’s complexities, working women artists, and the significance of live theater."

Thanks so much, everyone for your artistry and for sharing your knowledge and generosity during the 2024 American Dance Guild's Modern Dance Week Intensive at Peridance Center!
What a pleasure seeing you in action and coordinating this event!
Thanks to the amazing Ara Fitzgerald for being there and taking beautiful photos to document the classes.
with Sue Bernhard, Ara Fitzgerald, Gloria McLean, Dance Into Light / Dina Denis Dance, Celia Ipiotis, **g Chen Dance Center / H.T. Chen & Dancers, Catherine Gallant, Margaret Beals

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th at 5PM:
Dance Composition/ Choreography Master class as part of the 2024 American Dance Guild Modern Dance Week Intensive at Peridance Center
JOIN ME!
This masterclass will give you the tools to create your original dances, exploring the elements of composition for the stage.
We will examine the creative process by learning how to take risks and transition from thinking to feeling to making artistic choices.
https://www.americandanceguild.org/2024-adgs-modern-dance-intensive

Join us tomorrow, Saturday, June June 8th at 8pm at Dance Compilation at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

Out Like That! Dance Compilation Eight choreographers take the stage with original dance performances!

Beautiful Sunny Sunday performing at the Salvatore LaRussa Dance Festival in last weekend.
Celebrating Dance and Life!

Photos: Middle Village dance studio delights with star-studded outdoor dance festival – QNS The Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre, a stand-alone neighborhood dance studio in Middle Village, has delighted guests once again with a series of performances

What a joy and honor it has been to write for the DancEnthusiast‘s as the 2024 Moving Visions Editor.
I’m so excited to share a series of interviews with you focusing on Dance Theater Artists.
Here is my interview with Janet Wong associate artistic director of New York Live Arts and working with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Enjoy, and get inspired!
What is Dance Theater? Through a series of interviews during my editorship The Dance Enthusiast, I have collected testimonies from pioneers and contemporary creators in . These conversations about the training and choreographic methodologies in Dance Theater help bridge the gap between dance and theater training, as well as the lineage of European and American dance theater and its current expressions.
As a Latina choreographer with 34 years of experience, my journey from classical ballet to modern dance to dance theater has equipped me with a deep understanding of this interplay.
https://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/the-dance-enthusiast-asks/view/Janet-Wong-Bill-T-Jones-Dance-Theater-

THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST ASKS: Janet Wong On Dance Theater and Working with Bill T. Jones "Bill likes to say that we're married, and in the artistic way, we are married. I very much cherish that relationship and the way I am allowed to grow in this partnership, given opportunities that I wouldn't have had elsewhere." — Lisa Wong, New York

Wednesday, June 12th from 5-6:30 pm: Master class as part of the 2024 American Dance Guild Modern Dance Week Intensive at Peridance Center
JOIN ME!
This masterclass will give you the tools to create your original dances, exploring the elements of composition for the stage.
We will examine the creative process by learning how to take risks and transition from thinking to feeling to making artistic choices.
https://www.americandanceguild.org/2024-adgs-modern-dance-intensive

Beautiful Sunny Sunday performing at the Salvatore LaRussa Dance Festival in this weekend.
Celebrating Dance and Life!
with Angela Schöpke Gonzalez, Nicole Speletic

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REGISTER NOW FOR DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY JUNE 12TH
ADG at PERIDANCE JUNE 10TH-14TH

4:00 - 5:30 pm - Improvisation and the work of Daniel Nagrin with Ara Fitzgerald

Ara is thrilled to share basic techniques of the Workgroup, directed by Daniel Nagrin, elements of composition inherent in movement creation in the moment. We are led by our personal movement vocabularies into spontaneous interaction with others. Improvisation is an art of its own but as a training tool it can elevate technique to the communicative language we seek in performance. All levels of dancers are welcome.

5:30 - 7:00 pm - Dance Composition with Anabella Lenzu

Gain tools to create your own original dances, exploring the elements of composition for the stage; Learn how to take risks and transition from thinking to feeling to making artistic choices. Through short in-class assignments, students will investigate both form and content in choreography. We look not only at what you dance but also ask the question “Why do you dance?” Dance is the expressive medium of our heart, mind, and soul.

Register at: https://www.peridance.com/workshops.cfm to hold your place.

I will be teaching a / Master class on Wednesday, June 12th from 5-6:30 pm as part of the 2024 American Dance Guild Modern Dance Week Intensive at Peridance Center
JOIN ME!
This masterclass will give you the tools to create your original dances, exploring the elements of composition for the stage.
We will examine the creative process by learning how to take risks and transition from thinking to feeling to making artistic choices.
Through short in-class assignments, students will investigate both form and content in choreography. Participants will create solo studies based on choreographic problems.
We look not only at what you dance but also ask the question “Why do you dance?” Dance is the expressive medium of our hearts, mind, and soul.
https://www.americandanceguild.org/2024-adgs-modern-dance-intensive

I will be teaching a Dance Composition Choreography Master class on Wednesday, June 12th from 5-6:30 pm as part of the 2024 American Dance Guild Modern Dance Week Intensive at Peridance Center
JOIN ME!
This masterclass will give you the tools to create your original dances, exploring the elements of composition for the stage.
We will examine the creative process by learning how to take risks and transition from thinking to feeling to making artistic choices.
Through short in-class assignments, students will investigate both form and content in choreography. Participants will create solo studies based on choreographic problems.
We look not only at what you dance but also ask the question “Why do you dance?” Dance is the expressive medium of our hearts, mind, and soul.
https://www.americandanceguild.org/2024-adgs-modern-dance-intensive

What are your Summer Dancing Plans?
2024 American Dance Guild Modern Dance Week Intensive
June 10-14, 2024 at Peridance Center
Organization: Anabella Lenzu
Faculty: Catherine Gallant (Isadora Duncan technique & Rep), Dian D**g Chen Dance Center / H.T. Chen & Dancers/(Modern Dance), Celia Ipiotis (Dance History), Gloria McLean (Hawkins technique), Ara Fitzgerald (Improvisation/ ), Anabella Lenzu (Dance Composition), Margaret Beals (Improvisation), Sue Bernhard(Limon technique) & Dance Into Light / Dance Into Light / Dina Denis Dance Dance ( Technique & Repertory).
TO REGISTER:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/main_enroll.asp?studioid=38909&tg=&vt=202&lvl=&stype=-117&view=day&trn=0&page=&catid=&prodid=&date=06%2f10%2f24&classid=0&prodGroupId=&sSU=&optForwardingLink=&qParam=&justloggedin=&nLgIn=&pMode=0&loc=1

Muchas Gracias! Grazie mille!
Thanks so much to everyone that accompanied us last week during the premiere of "Listen to Your Mother" at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
We felt your love and support!!!!
My daily struggle is to construct a family, construct myself, and contribute to society as an artist, educator and immigrant mother!
Enjoy the amazing photos by Todd Carroll of some of the moments of the show!
with Agustina Rastelli Gatti

LAST SHOW TODAY: Sunday at 4pm La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Please use this promo code MOM20 for $20 tickets https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1197751/prm/MOM20
Photos by Todd Carroll

LAST TWO SHOWS: Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 4pm at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club!
In a world that is on fire, I come to offer and create caring, meaningful, visceral and evocative art experiences through choreography that offer opportunities for dialogue, tolerance, acceptance and celebration of the positive aspects of being human.
Please use this promo code MOM20 for $20 tickets https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1197751/prm/MOM20
Todd Carroll Agustina Rastelli Gatti Nicky Paraiso Catherine Gallant

Thanks Catherine Tharin for this beautiful interview at Interlocutor Magazine talking about the How and Why behind "Listen to Your Mother"!
May 16-19 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
https://interlocutorinterviews.com/new-blog/2024/5/16/anabella-lenzu-interview-listen-to-your-mother-la-mama-theatre
Todd Carroll, Nicky Paraiso , Catherine Gallant, Agustina Rastelli Gatti Sarah Murphy

ANABELLA LENZU INTERVIEW — Interlocutor Dancer, choreographer, scholar, and educator Anabella Lenzu talks with Catherine Tharin about her new project, Listen to Your Mother, at NYC’s La MaMa Theatre from May 16 - 19

TODAY, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, we have a date....
Performance is about generosity, about giving yourself...
Be my side in and let's celebrate motherhood and art-making!
See you at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Please use this promo code MOM20 for $20 tickets https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1197751/prm/MOM20
Wendy Perron ALL ARTS Christine JowersDance Mama Agustina Rastelli Gatti Todd Carroll Nicky Paraiso Movement Research, The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies American Dance Guild Peridance Center NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study Wagner College Theatre Wilson College DancEnthusiast Dance Education Organization - NDEO Pioneers Go East Collective Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden The Dragon's Egg ThINKingDANCE Emilee Lord

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!
If you are planning to come to see my show May 16-19 at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, please use this promo code MOM20 for $20 tickets https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1197751/prm/MOM20
BONUS!!! In the lobby there is a photo exhibition of mine about the process of self-penetration.