Lucy Sexton Explained

Lucy Sexton is a performer, director and choreographer who performs as Factress and is one half of Dancenoise.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She is a Bessie Award winner, and later served as the organization's executive director before stepping down in 2020.^{[4] [5]} As of 2014, she was associate artistic director at the World Trade Center Performing Arts Center.^[6] As of 2020, she's Executive Director of New Yorkers For Culture and the Arts under which she co-leads the Culture at 3 calls.^[7]

Sexton is married to Stephen Daldry and is a 1982 graduate of Ohio University.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. News: Kourlas . Gia . 2015-07-19 . The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash '80s Performance Duo . The New York Times . 2022-11-10.
2. News: 2018-03-07 . Helen Shaw on "Avant-Garde-Arama" at Performance Space New York . en-US . 2022-11-10.
3. News: Kourlas . Gia . 2017-04-06 . Dance in NYC This Week . The New York Times . 2022-11-10.
4. News: Kourlas . Gia . 2012-08-12 . Classifications in the Science of an Art . The New York Times . 2022-11-10.
5. Web site: Lucy Sexton Steps Down as Executive Director of the Bessies . 2022-11-10 . www.artforum.com . 7 January 2020 . en-US.
6. News: Pogrebin . Robin . 2014-02-13 . London Director to Draft Arts Vision for Ground Zero . The New York Times .
7. News: Pogrebin . Robin . 2020-05-12 . The Daily Call That 200 Arts Groups Hope Will Help Them Survive . The New York Times . 2022-11-10.
8. Web site: claussn1 . 2022-08-29 . Ohio University to confer Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree to Gladys Bailin Stern, emerita director and distinguished professor in the School of Dance . 2022-11-10 . OHIO News . en.
9. News: Strudwick . Patrick . 2022-06-28 . Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry: 'The thing I'm most grateful for is being gay' . en . 2022-11-10.