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Leslie Cuyjet is dance artist 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.

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

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

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

Featured in performances by
Meredith Monk
Nicole Wolcott
Maria Hassabi

Anohni
Andrew Schneider
Tiona Nikkia McClodden 

Solange Knowles
Tere O’Connor


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

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