MISSION
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama is thought provoking and historically conscious dance-theater company, breaking down the wall separating artist from audience. Based in New York, the mission of ALDD is is to introduce people to dance-theater and to establish and develop a cultural, educational and artistic exchange between the communities of the United States, Argentina & Italy.
Teaching and performing worldwide emboldens, promotes and enriches people, communities and dance, transcending socio-political and cultural boundaries. Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama strives to create an audacious and intimate dance language that opens a dialogue about: creativity, memory, fantasy, reality and social awareness within a global community.
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama's commitment is to stimulate and encourage audiences to identify with the characters performing and undergo a catharsis of their own impulses and desires, removing the 4th wall that separates artist from audience. The search for the essential drama is transparent, so that the audience is wholly involved in the transformative process. Both the dancers and the audience fuse in a psychological and emotional experience.
DanceDrama is the magnifying glass that reveals and examines emotional histories. From the chaos of daily life, Anabella Lenzu /DanceDrama distills the pure essence of real experience, real feelings and real people.
ALDD’s work has been seen at has been seen at La Mama, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Movement Research at Judson Church, Draftworks at DanceSpace project/ St. Mark Church, 92nd Street Y, HERE Arts Center, Abrons Arts Center, DUO Multicultural Arts Center, Queens Museum, Bronx Museum, Gibney Dance, Center for Performance Research, Triskelion, Chez Bushwick, Roulette, Chashama, Dixon Place, Sheen Center, The Consulate of Argentina in NYC, NYU/Casa Zerilli Marimo, University Settlement, Baruch Performing Arts Center, BAAD, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Instituto Cervantes, 3LD Center for Art & Technology, Kumble Theater/Long Island University, among many others.
ALDD has produced several award-winning short dance films and screened her work in over in over 200 festivals both nationally and internationally, including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, London, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States & Venezuela.
ALDD has received grants from Brooklyn Arts Council, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Puffin Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant, Edwards Foundation, The Vermont Community Foundation, and the Independent Community Foundation.
“One of Ms. Lenzu’s major concerns is the expression of emotion, a welcome change from much current choreography.”