Biography
marco farroni leonardo (he/they) is a movement & performance artist, from Bonao, Dominican Republic & based in Seattle and New York. They hold a BFA in dance from The University of the Arts. Their work engages with themes and ideas around home, the body as archive, the Diaspora and memory. Artistic collaborations include nia love, dani tirrell, Nia-Amina Minor, Amanda Morgan, zoe/juniper, and Donald Byrd amongst others. They have presented work in various venues in Seattle including Velocity Dance Center, Wa Na Wari, Base Arts Space, 10 Degrees Arts, The School of Spectrum Dance Theater, The Aids Memorial Pathway, and 12th Ave Arts. marco is a member of Black Collectivity and the second cohort of Wa Na Wari’s Seattle Black Spacial History Institute.