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Leslie Cuyjet is performer and choreographer in Brooklyn, New York.

Her tenure in New York is decorated with performances and collaborations, both formal and informal; with contemporaries, legends, and counterparts; on rooftops, good and bad floors, and alleyways; on stage, in film, art, on tour, and on the fly; since 2004. She was awarded a 2019 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for her sustained achievement as Outstanding Performer. And her 2021 solo, Blur, earned her a 2022 award for Outstanding Choreographer/Creator.

“A potent choreographic voice,” says the New York Times. Her independent work has been presented in New York, where she aims to conjure life-long questions of identity, confuse and disrupt traditional narratives, and demonstrate the angsty, explosive, sensitive, pioneering excellence of the Black woman.

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Artists/Collaborators

Jane Comfort
A.O. Movement Collective
Julian Barnett
David Thomson
Niall Noel Jones
Jennie Marytai Liu
Kim Brandt
Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born
Duvet
Jennifer Monson
Johann Diedrick
Max Ludlow

Cynthia Oliver
David Gordon
Stephanie Acosta
Sean Donovan and Sebastián Calderón Bentin
Emily Wexler
Amanda K. Ringger
Brandon Wolcott
jess pretty
Mabou Mines
Tere O'Connor
Matthew Deinhart

Mark Dendy
NARCISSISTER
Vanessa Walters
Will Rawls
Juliana F. May
Katie Workum
Yanira Castro/a canary torsi
Darrin Wright
Wide Awakes Dance Corps
Daniele Sarti
Neal Wilkinson

Featured in performances by

Meredith Monk
Nicole Wolcott
Maria Hassabi

Anohni
Andrew Schneider
Tiona Nikkia McClodden

Solange Knowles
Faye Driscoll

Web Design and Strategy

After working at a New York web agency for six years, Leslie continues to find digital solutions for clients through thoughtful design and strategy.

Recent sites:
lastaudience.org
deadbird.land

Voice Over

Demo

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