who we are
OUR BIO / 2024
we dabble in comedy, dramedy, and all things silly, sweet and true.
Tony Guglietti received his BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Upon graduation, he became a founding member of Sean Curran Company and toured across the globe. Kristin Wagner hasn’t done any of that, but she manages to work through her inferiority complex in rehearsal just fine. Together as Decent Dance, the pair creates accessible contemporary performance works that dabble in comedy, dramedy, and all things silly, sweet and true. The duet’s collaborative creative process relies on a foundation of sharing space and weight, balancing impulse and input, the occasional lovers’ quarrel, and Cheez-Its®. Tony and Kristin take great joy in teaching composition and expression through a contemporary dance lens to students of all ages, and have taught at the Dance Theatre of Greenville (SC), Free Form Dance Academy (MA), New England Conservatory (MA) and The Dance Complex (MA). Decent Dance has presented work in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine, at The Dance Complex, the Boston Center for the Arts, AS220, and the Maine International Dance Festival. Their favorite performance to date was their wedding in September 2022 at the cutest little flower farm you ever did see in Barre, MA. In late 2023, Decent Dance welcomed Nico Guglietti to the company after a lengthy audition process. He is likely to make his stage debut in June 2024, at six months old.
TONY GUGLIETTI @tonyboots
Known by the New York Times as the “deliciously goofy Guglietti,” Tony received his BFA from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Upon graduation he became a founding member of Sean Curran Company, with whom he toured regularly across the United States, France, and Germany from 1998-2005. In 2012, Tony returned to Sean Curran Company to tour Central Asia as part of an international exchange initiative of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sponsored by DanceMotion USA and produced by BAM. While in New York, Tony also performed with Brian Brooks Moving Company, Peter Pucci, and Joanna Mendl Shaw. Tony has been privileged to dance on some of New York’s finest stages, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Opera House, and three seasons at The Joyce Theater. His performances have been cited in the New York Times, the Village Voice, the LA Times, and other local publications. From 2010-2016, Tony directed the dance program at the Pomfret School in CT. He has also taught at Adelphi University, Harvard University, and a number of local pre-professional and competitive studios. Tony regularly performs with Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion and with partner Kristin Wagner as “Decent Dance." Outside of dance, Tony refs hockey, eats too much fast food, and performs stand up comedy. Tony is an excellent painter (houses, not canvas) so if you need a fresh coat on your living room walls, check out Steady Guglietti Precision Painting on Facebook.
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KRISTIN WAGNER @bodies_moving
Kristin Wagner is a movement enthusiast living, learning and growing in the Greater Boston and Worcester areas. Kristin has been performing with a number of local dance theater companies and freelance choreographers since 2012, including Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion and KAIROS Dance Theater, for whom she currently serves as Principal Dancer and Rehearsal Director. She creates her own work both independently and as “Decent Dance”. In 2021, Kristin helped to spearhead “The Click,” a contemporary dance initiative with a mission to redefine rigor in contemporary dance. Kristin shares her love of movement with students ranging from youth to adult in competitive, pre-professional, collegiate and community-based environments across Massachusetts. She has worked extensively in arts administration at major dance-based organizations in Boston, in addition to creating programs and opportunities independently, and is committed to making the experience of movement more financially, emotionally, and intellectually accessible for students, performers and audience alike. Kristin is a certified artist in the City of Boston and an RYT-200 yoga teacher. She has been supported through residencies and grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts, MASS MoCA, the cities of Boston, Somerville and Brookline, and The Dance Complex, among others. In both dance and yoga, Kristin is guided by the belief that authentic, uncensored movement can be a pathway for personal growth and healing.
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what we doTEACH
Together, Decent Dance has led classes, workshops, and residencies for youth through adult in dance studios, public parks, arts festivals, and more. Whether you are an experienced dancer, a dance-curious adult, or a toddler-on-the-move, we probably have a class for you. A listing of just some of what we can offer is below: creative movement for children: Tony is a toddler-whisperer. Get your little one's wiggles out in a silly yet safe carefree environment. contemporary and modern technique: Tony and Kristin have taught, both separately and together, intermediate to advanced technique classes for teens through adults in recreational, competitive, pre-professional, and collegiate settings. composition and improvisation: Together, Tony and Kristin challenge students to expand their body's potential for communication through thoughtful exploration of improvisation and movement composition. //learn more. CREATE Decent Dance has created and performed dozens of works ranging in length from 2-28 minutes, and in spaces ranging from outdoor 4X4ft stages to traditional proscenium stages. Some of our recent stage work includes: 1 plus 1 makes 3: a moving reflection on the early days of parenting cradled in the arms of myself with you: an exploration of disconnecting and reconnecting during the early days of the pandemic fold: a dance theater work set at a table with two chairs, tracing the ups and downs of intimate relationships //learn more. LIVE DECENTLY We do not take ourselves too seriously. While we believe the power and potential of dance is enormous, we believe in balancing good art with a good life. Whether in the classes we teach, the work we create, or the relationships we build, we prioritize decency, kindness and care. |