Biography 

Leslie Parker, a current Camargo artist in residence courtesy of Jerome Foundation, is a Bessie award recipient, for outstanding performer, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, and McKnight Choreographer Fellow awardee. Parker is an educator, improviser, organizer, dance artist, choreographer, and director. She has lectured and taught in dance programs at Spelman College, TU Dance, University of Michigan, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Minnesota, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Keshet Dance School and Performing Arts, Carleton College, Art Center, Danspace Project, Pillsbury House Theatre, Pangea World Theatre, Center for Performance Research and New York Live Arts. Her work is rooted, researched, and performed through residencies, public performances, and workshops across the US and internationally.
www.leslieparkerdance.com

Project 

While at Camargo, Leslie Parker will explore more deeply the practice of Black Dance Improvisation. As an opportunity to participate in a collective of international artists specializing in various forms of art and whose experiences reflect multicultural lives, she invites artists and community to join in conversation as a practice of improvisation and research. This practice will center dance/movement exploration of collective and personal narratives.