Dec 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Brooklyn, NY

• Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc, a 501(c)(3), creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse communities.
• BGP seeks innovation through rigorous collaborations with creative experts in different fields including science and technology to inspire a greater accessibility of ideas through time-based community engagements. We serve NYC, Minneapolis, Seattle, and beyond!

Oct 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 5 mos · Greater New York City Area · On-site

Sep 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · New York, United States · On-site

Mar 2002 – Present · 24 yrs · New York City, Brooklyn, Seattle

• Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, director, performer, educator and scientist based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 22-year career as a creative maker and scientist has allowed her to cultivate a unique perspective. Her work is rigorously rooted in improvisation integrating codified forms of dance from post-modern, modern, somatic, and physical theater modalities. She is the Artistic Director of Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc. (BGP) a national nonprofit based in NYC 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 and her work has been presented by Velocity Dance Center, Gibney, La Mama, Jack, CPR, and Movement Research amongst others. In 2019/2020, Graczyk directed an ensemble work in collaboration with composer Aaron Gabriel engaging with LGBTQIA+ artists with disabilities that was shared at the Walker Arts Center and featured in Critical Correspondence. Since 2019, she is Faculty for the NYC Peridance Certification Program where she teaches improvisation. Concurrently, Graczyk is an author on 10 science publications and received a 2020 Pilot Award from Rockefeller University with collaborator & neuroscientist 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, bethgraczykproductions.com

Mar 2002 – Aug 2014 · 12 yrs 5 mos · Seattle, WA

• Graczyk worked on cancer research, studying mechanics of cell division with a focus on biochemistry and microscopy 12 years in the lab of Dr. Trisha Davis. She co-authored 10 publications.