Q&A Choreographer Stephen Petronio, director/producer Maia Wechsler, and producer Lise Friedman in conversation with host Peter Pucci

Thursday, Oct. 4 2018, 7:15

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Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance-makers of his generation. The first male dancer in the Trisha Brown Dance Company (1979–86), he has gone on to build a unique career, receiving numerous honors along the way, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award, an appointment as the first Artist-in-Residence at the Joyce Theater, and a 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. In 1984 he founded the Stephen Petronio Company, for which he now serves as artistic director and has created over 35 works. <br> <br> Maia Wechsler is an award-winning filmmaker whose documentaries have been broadcast and seen around the world. She devoted her early life to dance and is today a certified yoga instructor, recently teaching women at Rikers Island. <br> <br> Lise Friedman was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1977 to 1984. She was editor of Dance Ink and is the author of several books and coauthor of Letters to Juliet, which inspired the film of the same title. <br> <br> Choreographer Peter Pucci is a Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel award winner. He co-directed and choreographed Swag n’ Bach (Dance on Film 2014) and the short In the Garden (2015) He was a Principal Dancer with Pilobolus Dance Theatre. While with Pilobolus he toured worldwide, made several film and television appearances, and performed on Broadway. Pucci created and presented his own works for his company, Peter Pucci Plus Dancers. He has hosted and been a guest moderator for Dance on Film programs since 2009. <br> <br> headshot photo credit: Sarah Silver