2023
Created and Founded, Body House - Integrated Fitness - Located at 91 S. Main Street West Hartford, CT. www.yourbodyhouse.com
Guest Artist Assistant Professor, Connecticut College.
Adjunct Professor, The Hartt School, The University of Hartford.
2022
Guest Artist Assistant Professor, Connecticut College.
Adjunct Professor, The Hartt School, The University of Hartford.
2021
Premiered "Held”. Commissioned for Choreographers Showcase at The Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts.
Gyrotonic Training - Boston, MA
Guest Artist, Assistant Professor- Connecticut College (beginning Fall 2021).
Master Class, Salve Regina University (Fall 2021)
Premiered “Current”. Commissioned by Salve Regina University Dance (November 2021).
Accepted Adjunct Professor position at The Hartt School, The University of Hartford.
Elected to the Board of The Connecticut Dance Alliance.
2020
Work in Process showing at Connecticut Dance Alliance event. September 2020. https://vimeo.com/458375476
B O D Y | H O U S E inaugural retreat in CT. August 2020.
Connecticut College, Guest Class April 2020. (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Trinity College, Open Dance. Hartford, CT. 5 week Community Class Series. https://www.facebook.com/events/3062263910452817/ (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Research for Solo not Solo (on going performance)
Gyrotonic Training Winter/Summer 2020
2019
Continued Gyrotonic Training August 2019
2018
Gyrotonic Foundation Training, Boston MA, June 2018
Faculty representative for ACDA National Conference, Kennedy Center D.C. Artistic and technical support for works selected from UMass/Smith College. June 2018
Last Loop First at 92Y, April 2018. Additional works by Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Molly Christie Gonzalez, Kelsey Saulnier.
Last Loop First (Premier) ACDA Northeast Region Conference. *Selected for Gala Concert by James Sutton, Gerri Houlihan, Gerald Casel. March 2018
Liturgy | Order | Bridge, ( by Deborah Goffe) Collaborator/Performer. Five College Faculty Concert. Other works by Dante Brown, Angie Hauser, Chris Aiken, Barbie Diewald, Marilyn Sylla
2017
Liturgy | Order | Bridge, ( by Deborah Goffe) Collaborator/Performer. Jacob's Pillow WIP showing. October 2017
Cadaver Exquisito, UMass Dance November/December 2017
Orontea at HATCH Festival Jennifer Muller Works studio, November 2017
Orontea (Premier) Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA
Gyrotonics Pre-training, May 2017. Smith College
Breed (remake), Five College Faculty Concert, Amherst College March, 2017
Solo not Solo, work-in-process showing Jennifer Muller Works Studio, March, 2017
2016
Peril in Thine Eye, UMass Dance November/December 2016.
2015
waist deep (Premier), UMass Faculty Concert Bowker Auditoriium. December 4,5.
Breed (NYC Premier). HATCH Festival Jennifer Muller Studios. November 21.
Breed (Premier) as a part of Flux ChoreoLab, In partnership with Pioneer Valley Ballet, Flux took three unique dance works by three very different local dancemakers on tour throughout the Pioneer Valley. Performances are held in non-traditional spaces and challenge both maker and viewer to consider the impact of space, time, and the unexpected. July 16-19. https://www.facebook.com/events/965615646822805/
Leslie performs in: Tarry Four, Four nationally renowned local choreographers will present an evening of new dances featuring performances from some of the most illustrious professional dancers in the region. Paul Matteson, Aretha Aoki, Jim Coleman and Terese Freeman. Paul Matteson, a Bessie award winner and recipient of this year’s prestigious Massachusetts Cultural Council Choreography Fellowship, will premiere slow slip down. With live music by Ian Stahl and Ben Muller, this septet explores “now time” connection, sparse melody, and the sensual edge of mutually recognized touch. May 21-23. http://paradisecitypress.org/2015/05/p-e-gallery-host-tarry-four-evening-new-dances/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1561186864144669/
Breed, in process showing. UMass Amherst Totman Gym. April 29.
Leslie performs in: Paul Matteson’s work in the Movement Research Festival, NYC at Triskelion Arts alongside powerful artists, Jennifer Nugent, Deborah Goffe, Angie Hauser, Candice Salyers, jennifer Pollins and Katie Martin. May 15. http://www.triskelionarts.org/movement-research-festival-spring-2015-legibleillegible
Leslie performs in: Amherst College Spring Festival. Premier of Slow Slip Down - a new work by Paul Matteson
BODY | HOUSE performed in the Five College Faculty Concert at Smith College. The evening included work by fellow UMass faculty, Tom Vacanti, Hampshire Dance Professor, Deborah Goffe, Bill T Jones, (performed by Amherst/Mt. Holyoke Dance Professor, Paul Matteson and Jennifer Nugent), Guest Artists: Kinsun Chan (Canada) and Delfos Danza (Mexico).
2014
BODY | HOUSE (Premier) UMass Faculty Concert evening titled; Environs, Bowker Auditorium UMass. December.
Leslie collaborates/performs In(Re)Birth, an evening length work conceived by Hampshire Dance Professor, Deborah Goffe. Hampshire College Friends and Family weekend. October.
re- Dream With Me presented at Amherst College’s Faculty Concert at Kirby Theatre. Additional performers include; Wendy Woodson, Paul Matteson, Jennifer Nugent. September.
re- Dream With Me at Southern Vermont Dance Festival, Brattleboro, VT. Gala performance at Keene State College. July.
re- Dream With Me at The CURRENT SESSIONS, New York City- The CURRENT SESSIONS is a performing arts organization that develops and presents the work of emerging artists. Through the production of curated performances, residencies, artist-led laboratory sessions, and open discussions, the CURRENT SESSIONS acts as a center for creative research on contemporary dance and performance art. March. http://thecurrentsessions.blogspot.com/2014/02/choreographer-spotlight-7-leslie-frye.html
re- Dream With Me at HATCH Presenting Series, New York City (NYC Premier). http://hatchpresentingseries.org/2013/11/21/meet-the-choreographers-leslie-frye-maietta/
National Artist Teacher Fellowship- Leslie is proud to be 1 of 14 teaching artists from around the country for this years award. NATF is formerly the Surdna Grant. http://natf-arts.org