The website "anabellalenzu.wordpress.com" presents the work and insights of Anabella Lenzu, an artist and researcher specializing in walking as a form of artistic practice and cultural exploration. Her content engages with the intersections of movement, geography, and memory, highlighting how walking can serve as a method to interrogate spaces and social contexts. The site features detailed accounts of her participatory projects, theoretical reflections, and documentation of various walking art interventions.
Throughout the site, Lenzu emphasizes the significance of walking as a tool for reimagining urban and rural landscapes, often focusing on the socio-political dimensions embedded within geographic sites. The blog includes essays, visual materials, maps, and personal narratives that contribute to an understanding of walking not merely as physical movement, but as an embodied research practice that interacts with history, identity, and spatial politics. Her work situates itself within contemporary artistic discourses that explore the relational dynamics between bodies and environments.
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ALDD 20th Anniversary Timeline
Discover what Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama has created over the past 20 years! Dear Friends, With deep gratitude, I thank you for supporting Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama over the past 20 years. In 2026, ALDD is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, and we invite you to help us continue creating for the next 20 years. Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama exists only because of […]
2026 will mark the 20th Anniversary of ALDD, and we need your help to keep going for the next 20 years!!!
Dear Friend, Reaching out to you… I am writing to extend my immense gratitude for your support of Anabella Lenzu/ DanceDrama over these last 19 years! 2026 will mark the 20th Anniversary of ALDD, and we need your help to keep going for the next 20 years!!! 2025 was full of amazing accomplishments and challenges: […]
Meaningful Gestures: Book Read and Performance at City Reliquary Museum, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Meaningful Gestures: Book Read and Performance at City Reliquary Museum, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Saturday, November 1st, at 2pm FREE admission https://withfriends.events/event/9mVUi0qn/book-launch-learning-dance-through-meaningful-gestures/ Anabella Lenzu will be reading passages from her NEW book Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures, show short dance videos from the ALDD repertory, and have a Q&A session. Teaching and Learning Dance Through […]
Book Launch, Reading & Performance at La Mama!
Book Launch, Reading & Performance: “Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures” by Anabella Lenzu Saturday, May 10th, 2025 at 4pm Community Arts Space @ La MaMa FREE Admission RSVP HERE: https://www.lamama.org/teaching-and-learning-dance-through-meaningful-gestures/ Anabella will be reading passages from her NEW book Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures, show short dance videos from the ALDD […]
Book Launch and Reading: Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures by Anabella Lenzu
Book Launch and Reading:Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gesturesby Anabella Lenzu Sunday, February 23rd at 2pm at Peridance Center, #nycFREE Admission, RSVP required: info@anabellalenzu.comhttps://www.anabellalenzu.com/meaningful-gestures From her NEW book Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures, Anabella will be reading passages and showing short dance videos from the ALDD repertory.A Q&A session will follow. Teaching […]
NEW Book: Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures by Anabella Lenzu
After 11 years in the making… I am ready to share my new book with the world Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures. It is the crystallization of all that I’ve learned and taught through experimentation. It is what I consider essential in the training of a performer as well as a dancer, and how to […]
Winter 2025 ONLINE CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
For choreographers, dancers, theater directors, performance artists, filmmakers, and multidisciplinary artists. A FULL IMMERSION INTO THE CREATIVE ACT OF CHOREOGRAPHY FACULTY: ANABELLA LENZU DATES: February 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2025 (Saturdays from 11am-1pm – NYC time) https://www.anabellalenzu.com/choreographic-mentorship Online Choreographic Mentorship Program, is an Online 1 month program where YOU can immerse yourself in the creative process […]
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama is made possible ONLY with your help!
Dear Friend, I am writing to extend my immense gratitude for your support of Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama over these last 18 years! If 2024 was a drink it would be a triple espresso —Intense!We premiered both the full length show and a 20 min film version of “Listen to You Mother,” received 4 film awards, finished a second […]
Immigration and Motherhood: Dance Film and Performance
LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER: FILM PREMIERE AND PERFORMANCE Sunday, November 17th, 2024 at 3pm at Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11211) Tickets: CLICK HERE $10 students and $25 general admission. Celebrate the 18th anniversary of Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama with the premiere of the 20-minute dance film Listen to Your Mother and an intimate performance by […]
ONLINE 2024 CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
ONLINE FALL 2024 CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM A FULL immersion into the creative Act of Choreography For choreographers, dancers, theater directors, performance artists, filmmakers, and multidisciplinary artists. FACULTY: ANABELLA LENZU DATES: October 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2024 (Saturdays from 11am-1pm – NYC time) Online Choreographic Mentorship Program, is an Online 1 month program where YOU can immerse yourself […]
Fostering ideas and pushing artistic boundaries
by Agustina Rastelli Gatti Working alongside Anabella as Assistant Choreographer for her upcoming piece “Listen to Your Mother” has been an inspiring journey. Anabella’s approach blends creativity with precision, fostering an environment where ideas flourish and artistic boundaries are pushed. Her keen eye for detail coupled with a genuine appreciation for collaboration makes every rehearsal […]
Behind the scenes of “Listen To Your Mother”: Drawings & Projections
By Anabella Lenzu During my MFA at Wilson College, PA in Summer 2017, I started using drawings to leave vestiges of my body and my movements on paper, using crayons, chalk and pastels. Being a performance artist the remains of my dance have historically lived on as videos, photos, or simply in the memories of my spectators. […]
“Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere)
La Mama Moves Festival Presents “Listen to Your Mother” (World Premiere) by Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama May 16th -19th, 2024 @ La Mama, NYC Director & Choreographer: Anabella Lenzu Technology Advisor/ Video Art Design & Sound Landscape: Todd Carroll Text: Anabella Lenzu & Jerzy Grotowski. Drawings: Anabella Lenzu Performers: Anabella Lenzu & Fiamma Lenzu-Carroll Additional Choreography: Isadora […]
“Le Mere” by Isadora Duncan
by Anabella Lenzu As part of my creative process during the research of “Listen to Your Mother,” I interviewed 30 dancers/choreographers/mothers. During the interviews, I asked them how they navigated the unbalanced life of a parent/art-maker. What makes a good mother? What makes a good artist? I interviewed Catherine Gallante, the director and co-founder (with […]
IN-PERSON & ONLINE
1-ON-1 CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM Go deeper, Get advice! Support for aspiring and professional choreographers to find your voice as artists! 1-ON-1 Choreographic Mentorship is a unique program that offers a personally tailored opportunity for aspiring and professional choreographers. https://www.anabellalenzu.com/mentorship The program is guided by Anabella Lenzu, an internationally recognized educator, scholar, and award-winning artist with […]
What happened in 2023?
Dear Friend, I am writing to extend my immense gratitude for your support of Anabella Lenzu/ DanceDrama over these last 17 years!2023 was like riding a rollercoaster with ups, downs, and unexpected turns:We received 10 award for our dance films, I received the 2023 National Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Independent Sector by National Dance Education Organization, […]
Anabella Lenzu's Blog 2023-08-13 15:42:07
Fall 2023 ONLINE CHOREOGRAPHIC MENTORSHIP PROGRAM A FULL IMMERSION INTO THE CREATIVE ACT OF CHOREOGRAPHY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER, 2023 For choreographers, dancers, theater directors, performance artists, filmmakers, and multidisciplinary artists. FACULTY: ANABELLA LENZU Online Choreographic Mentorship Program, is an Online 3-month program where YOU can immerse yourself in the creative process of a NEW choreography study or […]
The Secrets and Magic of Gus Solomons Jr. Interview by Anabella Lenzu
The following is an unpublished interview from Spring 2016, celebrating the life and creativity of Gus Solomons Jr., initially scheduled to be published by Attitude: The Dancer’s Magazine. A review is a testimony. On Saturday, April 2nd, 2016, at the 14th Street Y Theater in NYC, I witnessed an event of love, recognition, and support […]
Fantastic FREE Events in April!
FREE Body Mapping Workshop with Anabella LenzuSat, April 8th at 2pmpresented by NEXT! Workshops Pioneers Go East Collective at The Clemente (107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002) RSVP! Space is limitedAll are welcome! ONLINE Studies Project: “Redefining our place as Mothers, Artists, and Immigrants in the NYC landscape”as part of Movement ResearchSaturday, April 29 @ from 1-2:30pm (NYC time) All […]
Jan 18 & 19: In-person Performances in NYC!
Out-FRONT! Fest. A Festival curated by Pioneers Go East Collective in partnership with The LGBT Community Center presents “Listen to your Mother” by Anabella Lenzu Wed, Jan. 18 & Thur, Jan. 19 @ 7pm at The LGBT Center (208 W 13 St, NYC) Free Admission GET TICKETS Choreographer, Performer & Script: Anabella Lenzu Music landscape, […]

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