DeAnna Pellecchia

HOME

ABOUT

ARTIST STATEMENT

BIOGRAPHY / OVERVIEW

PERFORMER / CHOREOGRAPHER

EDUCATOR

TRAINER

BACKGROUND & EDUCATION

RESUME

KAIROS DANCE THEATER

UPCOMING EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

WEEKLY CLASSES

KAIROS CLASS

BOOK WORKSHOPS

CONTEMPORARY TECHNIQUE

AERIAL EXPLORATIONS

MOVEMENT HAS MEANING

THE EXPANSIVE PERFORMER

MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS

CONDITIONING FOR DANCERS

DANCING WITH DISABILITIES

class & workshop reviews

BOOK RESIDENCIES

COMMISSIONING NEW WORK

HER

SPEAK UP. ACT OUT.

BORDERS / BELONGING

residency reviews

BOOK WORKOUTS

ABOUT DP PT

ONE-ON-ONE WORKOUTS

EXERCISE FOR PD

BRIDE BOOTCAMP

client reviews

P R E S S

P R I N T

S O C I A L M E D I A

G A L L E R Y

P H O T O S

V I D E O S

L I N K S

C O N T A C T

D O N A T E

| project history |

-> collaborations

John Cira

Shinique Smith

Elena Ruehr

Johnny Reinhard

Elaine Summers

Ann Carlson

Alison Kotin

Sam Ou

Gary Shore

Michael Jahoda

Ed Broms

Matt Samolis

-> aerial dances

AERIAL SOLOS

-> horse dances

ABOUT DANCING WITH HORSES

RIDE

FLIGHT

PONY DANCES

HORSES HELPING HORSES

ALL THE PRETTY HORSES

SCARLET & KRUMP

TINTAGEL ANDALUSIANS

-> work with youth

ABOUT WORK WITH YOUTH

MEDICINE WHEEL

~ battle

~ written on the body

~ other projects

URBANO PROJECT

~ tell me i shouldn't

~ where i'm from

~ bordering home

CLOUD FOUNDATION

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

CURRICULUM DESIGN

-> past projects

ANIKAI DANCE

~ india tour

~ forest

~ hands: rhythm project

~ hamsafar

~ crane & haaaa

KINODANCE COMPANY

~ fuse

~ denizen

BENNETT DANCE COMPANY

~ air & water

~ burning man

~ water project

~ ladder dances

~ new balance climb

~ copper walkway

~ hinges

~ inner house

~ bound

~ surfacing

~ bridge

NICOLA HAWKINS DANCE CO

~ toussaint

~ prayers for the planet

~ dancing with dinosaurs

ANNA MYER & DANCERS

~ street talk suite talk

IPSWICH MOVING COMPANY

~ dreaming head

~ alight & boundaries

LEDA ELLIOTT | M.O.V.E.

~ dreamcatcher

she does all her own stunts.

contemporary technique
ON-GOING CLASSES: CLICK HERE

INFLUENCE & APPROACH: As a kid I spent my time taking ballet lessons and playing tackle football with my brothers - this combination is the essence of my physicality, accurately described once as a cross between a mixed martial artist, a ballerina, a gymnast and a hockey player. My choreography is physical and athletic, incorporating free-wheeling turns and leaps with sudden inversions (a throw-back to my studio-days as a jazz-baby), off-kilter turns and kicks (from my Tae Kwon Do training), intricate footwork (influenced by tap-dancing), rhythmic isolations, quirky gestures, ooey-gooey, expansive, bound, melting shapes and quick, huge, suspended whole-body explosions. I'm interested in exploring the meeting place between extremes -- strong and soft, elegant and tough, harsh and tender, stark and beautiful.

CLASS STRUCTURE: The first half of each class focuses on building strength, flexibility and coordination with an emphasis on understanding proper alignment via Ballet Training and Kinetic Awareness Techniques. Each class starts with a fast-paced warm-up that integrates exercises from Yoga, Pilates, Dance and Martial Arts. The second half focuses on learning new vocabulary and eventually building longer sequences, including patterns across the floor, that focus on spatial awareness, musicality, performance qualities and improvisation. Historical, anatomical, aesthetic and compositional information is interspersed to enhance your skills in self-expression, injury prevention and putting dance in a cultural context.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
DESCRIPTION: This class is for those students who want to deepen their existing understanding of basic vocabulary and choreography. In addition to a review of basic principles and vocabulary, students begin to learn more advanced concepts such as the fundamentals of spirals and floor work via Bartenieff Fundamentals and Capoeira. Students learn and perform choreography which is developed by accumulating phrase materials and focusing on the nuance/dynamics of movement. Concepts are added and built upon as the semester progresses.

ADVANCED LEVEL
DESCRIPTION: This class is fast-paced and is for students who have a strong grasp of basic concepts and techniques.  Students explore and practice advanced movement concepts including spirals and floor work. There is a strong emphasis on learning and performing choreography which is developed by accumulating phrase materials. This class calls upon the full range of the dancer’s artistry by exploring musicality, timing, performance skills, and concepts of stage presence. Concepts are added and built upon as the semester progresses. 

ENROLL TODAY AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY: DeAnna currently teaches Contemporary Technique classes as accredited courses at Boston University. They are accesible to the general public. If you are interested in taking one of these semester-long courses, or to book DeAnna as a guest teacher at your school or university please email deanna@deannapellecchia.com.  


photo by liz linder.
copyright © 2015. DeAnna Pellecchia. all rights reserved.