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Lydia Mokdessi

Artist & Writer
Brooklyn, NY
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lydiamokdessi.com
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lydiamokdessi@gmail.com
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8476067295
Lydia Mokdessi is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer from Chicago, Illinois. She has performed with choreographers Anthony Gongora, Anna Sperber, Heather McArdle, Alexandra Pinel, Emie Hughes, Stormy Budwig, Buck Wanner, and Maida Withers, and her work has been presented by Gibney Dance, Movement Research, Triskelion Arts, Fourth Arts Block, Dixon Place, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. She currently makes duets with Emie Hughes, Buck Wanner, and Benjamin Wagner, and collaborates with Nadia Tykulsker. She is Editor of Culturebot and her writing has appeared in New York Live Arts Context Notes, American Realness Reading, Baryshnikov Arts Center BAC Stories, and Movement Research Critical Correspondence. She is a 2016 Guest Curator for the CURRENT SESSIONS and co-organizer of Community of Practice, an initiative for early-career artists and writers supported by University Settlement.
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Work Experience

Culturebot

Editor
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2012 - Current

Publish and contribute critical writings on contemporary performance on online platform for critical discourse

Manage six-person editorial staff and coordinate with artists and presenters to provide coverage of performance events

Community of Practice

Co-Organizer
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2014 - Current

Forum for early-career dance artists to share physical practice and develop discourse and career-sustainability skills

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Administrative Aide, Department of Design for Stage & Film
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Aug 2014 - Current

Provide administrative and clerical support for faculty, graduate students, and administration: editing of research and presentation documents, faculty correspondence, preparing agendas and briefs, updating website and social media channels, office management, budget and database management.

Baryshnikov Arts Center BAC Stories

Writer
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Apr 2016

THE CURRENT SESSIONS

Curator
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Jan 2016

CLASSCLASSCLASS

Teacher, Experimental Dance
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May 2015

American Realness Reading

Columnist
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Jan 2014

NYU Stern School of Business

Administrative Aide, Assistant to Vice Dean Eitan Zemel
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May 2013 - Aug 2014

Movement Research Critical Correspondence

Editorial Intern
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Jul 2012 - Jul 2013

Conduct, transcribe, edit, and publish movement artist conversations and writings

Compose introductions and artist biographies for publishing in online journal

Research performance season and correspond with artists and presenters to identify publishable content

Manage and update social media channels

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Marketing Intern
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Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

Independently carried out digital outreach campaign for River To River Festival 2012

Managed online audience development strategy via LMCC and River To River Festival Twitter and Facebook

Collaborated with Development staff to assist with sponsor and VIP activation campaigns

Increased referrals to LMCC website from Facebook by 183% and from Twitter by 215%

Education

George Washington University

Bachelor of Arts Dance & English
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Aug 2008 - May 2012

Graduated Magna Cum Laude and with Special Honors

University of London, Goldsmiths College

Visiting Student English Literature & Contemporary Dance
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Jan 2011 - May 2011

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • E-Blasting and Blogging
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Final Cut Pro 7
  • Soundtrack Pro
  • Wordpress
  • Basic HTML
  • Google products
  • Office Management
  • French language: limited working proficiency in