Peggy Piacenza

Peggy Piacenza is a Seattle choreographer, video artist, and performer whose work draws from her explorations in improvisation/performance techniques, religion and gender studies, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Her choreography has been commissioned and presented by Bonfire Gallery, Bratislava Movement Festival in Slovakia, Dance Theater Workshop in NYC, and in Seattle as part of Velocity Dance Center's Guest Artist Series, On the Boards, Composer/Choreographer, D-9 Dance Collective, and Northwest Film Forum. As a performer, she has toured nationally and internationally with Pat Graney, 33 Fainting Spells, and Dayna Hanson, as well as with her own work. She is also the co-founder of Base, a non-profit organization dedicated to elevating risk and invention in dance, performance, and multidisciplinary art. Peggy Piacenza is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas.