Beatrice Capote

Beatrice Capote is a Cuban American contemporary
dancer, choreographer, educator and founder of Contempo: Capotechnique
Exercises. In her work, she fuses Modern, Ballet, African and Afro-Cuban
dance techniques to support artists with building technical skills
while deepening knowledge on African Diaspora traditions. Ms. Capote has
served as the choreographer for Citrus, a choreopoem play (Northern Stages) & The Wedding Band Musical
(Montclair State University). She has received choreographic
commissions from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Dark Elegy
Project inspired by Suse Lowenstein performed at Gibney Dance. In 2019,
she was a MANCC Forward Dialogues artist in residence where she
developed her most recent solo based on “Reyita, The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century” written
by Maria De los Reyes Castillo Bueno. Her work has also been shown in
major festivals/venues such as WestFest Dance Festival, Battery Dance
Festival, BAAD! ASS Women’s Festival, Amherst College, Casita Maria!,
Contemporary Dance Series at Bryant Park, Vision Festival and more. Ms.
Capote has performed for prestigious companies such as INSPIRIT, a dance
company and Kyle Abraham/Abraham. In. Motion. She is a current member
of Bessie Award-winning Camille A. Brown & Dancers. And to continue
her work in the Latinx Artist community, she co-founded The Sabrosura
Effect dance company and co-curates Pepatián’s Dancing La Botanica: La
Tierra Vive project and Bronx Arts and Conversation showcase under the
direction of Pepatián South Bronx.