ABOUT

MISSION

BGP creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse communities.

PHILOSOPHY

BGP provides an access point through its programming, performance, and research that builds a bridge between the science and artistic communities that inspire constructive dialogue and propels curiosity.

VALUES

Collaboration + Sustainability + Awareness + Creative-Practice + Courageous Dialogue

VISION

Creating sustainable artistic works and programming with revolutionary thinkers, that have a lasting impact.

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OUR COMMUNITIES

Artists

BGP creates opportunities for artists to earn living wages in an environment that is both equitable and catered to the individual artists' needs in order to create sustainable work opportunities through our collaborative practices and programming, thus elevating the overall well-being of the artist/human, their artistic endeavors and the art itself.

Neurodivergent Community & LGTBQTIA+ Community

BGP builds bridges by creating artistic experiences and opportunities for engagement and knowledge creation within the N & L communities by collaborating with artists from within these communities and providing a platform for dialogue, allyship and celebration through human connection.

STEM Community

BGP provides an access point through its programming, performance, and research that builds a bridge between the science and artistic communities that inspire constructive dialogue and propels curiosity.

Climate Change Activism Community

BGP partners with a diverse range of organizations—spanning farms, restaurants, and community activists—dedicated to fostering creative innovation through collaborative, community-driven projects. We are committed to contributing to the dialogue on sustainability by employing artistic practices to inspire and activate circular economy models, emphasizing resource regeneration and shared responsibility.

2023-2024 Collaborators

  • Aaron Gabriel

    COMPOSER & ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

  • Michael Wolfe

    ACTOR, WRITER & VOCAL ARTIST

  • Guadalupe Astorga

    NEUROSCIENTIST

  • Bree Breeden

    DANCE ARTIST

  • Emily Cattan

    DANCE ARTIST

  • Rachel Sigrid Freeburg

    DANCE ARTIST

  • Thomasina Petrus

    VOCAL ARTIST

  • Zena Moses

    VOCAL ARTIST

  • Effy Grey

    PHOTOGRAPHER

  • Cristina de Miguel

    VISUAL ARTIST

  • Andrea Aziz

    STUDIO ASSISTANT

  • Hanne Vaughn

    FILM EDITOR

OUR BOARD

Beth Graczyk, President
 Brooklyn, New York
Artistic Director, Beth Graczyk Productions
Director | Choreographer | Performer

Gaosong V. Heu, Board Member
 Saint Paul, MN
Hmong American Performance Artist | Published Writer | Educator | Arts Administrator & Entrepreneur 

Aaron Gabriel, Vice President
Minneapolis, MN 
 Composer | Theater Artist | Teaching Artist

Corrie Befort, Board Member
Spokane-Coeur d'Alene, WA
​Choreographer | Designer | Filmmaker

Heather Bunch, Secretary  
Missoula, MT
Teaching Artist | Performer | Director

Hilary Miller-Headlee, Board Member
 San Jose, CA
 EVP, Sales + Customer Success
Center of Excellence @ Insight Partners

BETH GRACZYK

Beth Graczyk is a choreographer, director, performer, and educator based in Brooklyn/Lenapehoking whose 21-year career as a creative maker and scientist has allowed her to cultivate a unique perspective. She is the Artistic Director of Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc. (BGP) which creates intersections in arts and science through contemporary dance-based projects celebrating LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse communities. Since 2002, Graczyk has performed throughout the US and in Japan, Ecuador, France, China, and India, and in NYC has been presented by Velocity Dance Center, Gibney, La Mama, Jack, CPR, and Movement Research amongst others. In 2019, Graczyk directed a new work in collaboration with Aaron Gabriel examining the experiences of LGBTQIA+ artists with disabilities that was workshopped at the Walker Arts Center and featured in Critical Correspondence.

Artistic Director

She is on Faculty for the Peridance Certification Program in NYC and since 2019. Concurrently, Graczyk is an author on 10 science publications and received a 2020 Pilot Award from Rockefeller University with collaborator Guadalupe Astorga for research on visual perception and neurodiversity. Graczyk co-directed the performance company Salt Horse in Seattle from 2008-2016 where they received funding from 4 Culture, Artist Trust, Washington State Arts Commission, NEA, and commissions including City of Seattle, Northwest Film Forum, and Cornish. She has had many ongoing collaborations with artists including John Maria Gutierrez (G^2), Aaron Gabriel, Amy Chavasse, Torben Ulrich, and has danced for Sara Shelton Mann, Mark Haim, Raja Kelly, Molly Scott amongst others. @bethgraczyk

Beth Graczyk Productions, Inc is committed to anti-racism and de-colonization practices through self-education, community engagement, and sustaining connections and support with individuals and organizations engaging in the work.