The Truth in This Art: Dancer & Choreographer Sydnie L. Mosley Interview

The Truth In This Art is an interview series featuring artists, entrepreneurs and tastemakers in & around Baltimore.

Sydnie L. Mosley is an award winning artist-activist and educator who is interested in creative work that is both artistically sound and socially aware. She produces experiential dance works with her collective SLMDances. Through their choreographic work, the collective works in communities to organize for gender and racial justice. Her evening length dances The Window Sex Project and BodyBusiness, their creative processes and performance experiences are a model for dance-activism. Sydnie was recognized by NYC Mayor de Blasio for using her talents in dance to fuel social change. Her dances have been performed extensively throughout New York City, including the 2023 premiere of PURPLE: A Ritual In Nine Spells at Lincoln Center. She was listed in Dance Magazine’s 2024 “25 to watch” and as one of twenty-five “Up and Coming: Young Minority Artists and Entrepreneurs” by TheRoot.com. A versatile dancer, Sydnie is a part of the 2017 Bessie Award winning cast of the skeleton architecture, the future of our worlds curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa. Sydnie danced with Christal Brown's INSPIRIT, a dance company (2010-2013) and appeared as a guest artist for Brooklyn Ballet 2009-2019. An advocate for the dance field, Sydnie sits on the Advisory Committee to Dance/NYC. Her writing has appeared in Essence, Dance Magazine, and the Brooklyn Rail. She graduated from Barnard College in Dance and Africana Studies and earned an MFA in Dance Choreography from the University of Iowa.