Raychel Ceciro (they/them) is a Floridian eco-anthro-archival performance artist, engaging the past with a preposterous present through urgent tenderness and radical responsibility. Their practice focuses on the handling of delicate information from the primary sources of text, mind, body, and collective memory, specifically those at risk of erasure from climate catastrophe. Practicing within the generous failures of embodied dramaturgy, Raychel investigates expressions of earthly grief, love, and ferocious care through choreography, movement, and devised theatrical work. They have been presented along the east coast in New York and Philadelphia (New York Fashion Week, The New School, 954 Dance Movement Collective, the Annenberg Performing Arts Center, among others) as well as in many parks, museums, and cultural centers throughout Florida, such as the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and the Ringling Museum of Art. Their work has been supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Florida Public Archaeology Network, and the New School College of Performing Arts.
As an arts administrator, Raychel studies sustainable creative placemaking and emergent strategy as an anti-oppressive blueprint for uplifting and supporting artists, ensuring they have the resources to imagine, create, and celebrate an equitable and liberated future. Raychel has worked as the General Manager of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, as well as in administrative roles at Koresh Dance Company, the National Constitution Center, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art— and they are super excited to be a part of the Movement Research team !
ID: A headshot of Raychel Ceciro, a white person with white hair and glasses in pink and blue lighting. They are wearing a pink floral collared shirt. Photo By Sorcha Augustine.