Yaddo residency shapes long-term dance research

Danielle Russo, assistant professor of the practice in performing and media arts in the College of Arts and Sciences, was honored in December with a residency at the renowned Yaddo artist's retreat.

During her Yaddo residency, Russo developed a dance piece based on long-term research, enriching the work by drawing on ideas of ritual movement, personal memories and family history, and more.

"My time at Yaddo yielded a synergy between research ideas," Russo said. "For many years I've been fascinated by gesture - small scale movements with large meaning, the specific and recognizable."

Her research during the residency influenced the debut performance of her dance piece "Prelude," which gives a glimpse of her long-term research, in Brooklyn Dec. 17.

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