About
Founded in 2006, BODYART is a New York City based dance theatre company whose artistic work consistently creates a content based, emotionally charged and strongly visual dialogue with the audience through performances, research, and teaching.
Artistic Director Leslie Scott’s multifaceted compositions are a unique amalgam of raw movement, distilled behavior, bold images and refined detail that integrate the physical, emotional, and imaginative within BODYART’s inventive and intricate performances. Scott embraces the delicate, mysterious, awkward and sometimes fractured experiences of life as BODYART’s diverse and accomplished dancers and programs juxtapose the ever-shifting nature of our emotions and interactions through photographs, paintings, sound scores, and movement.
BODYART creates original works of human theater, as well as repertory shows, and workshops that captivate audiences with moving imagination across the country. The company collaborates with composers, video artists, and designers to create thought provoking and entertaining multimedia shows.
BODYART works closely with schools and communities to create customized programs, which offer a diverse option of master classes, lecture/demonstrations and choreographic workshops, often in conjunction with community performances. BODYART has designed several programs to introduce students to the basic concepts of dance, choreography, human movement and expression. The company is passionate about sharing their love and training for the arts with those who do not already know or have access to them as well as those who have.
BODYART members have taught and held residencies at schools including The School at Columbia University (NY, NY), Berks Ballet (Reading, PA), Rosemont Elementary (Dallas, TX), and Brandon Ballet (Brandon, FL). Additionally, the company has performed at the International Dance Festival, The Cunningham Studios, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Dallas Arts Festival, Fort Worth Dance Festival, Downtown Dance (NY, NY), Wave Rising Series (NY, NY), The Dixon Place, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.