Stacy Palatt

Stacy Topazian Palatt, a native Washingtonian, who has a long association with the DC arts community as a teacher, choreographer, performer and activist.  She holds an MFA in Dance at the George Washington University, where she was a University Fellow and a graduate Teaching Assistant.  Palatt received her BA in Political Science from James Madison college in Virginia.  Palatt has been involved with District of Columbia youth through Pennvisions, coaching, choreographing, and developing socially relevant scripts.  Palatt is interested in the relationship of politics and the performing arts.

One of Stacy’s memorable performances was in the work, Stone Ring, with world-renowned experimental vocalist, Marilia.  Stacy always contributed not only physical passion, but intrigue regarding the content/concept of the works.  Stacy was a scholar as well as performer.

Stacy participated with Dance Construction Company performances on stage, Rolling Thunder, and on-site as part of International Artists for Ecology for the first United Nation’s Earth Summit, Eco ’92, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  This included performing with Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company in the National Theatre, Brasilia, Brazil for the opening of the OMAME PROJETO.  In Rio de Janeiro, Stacy participated in dance improvisations on Sugar Loaf Mountain with other international artists…performing tributes to planet Earth.  Stacy performed in Issues of Gender, a controversial performance in several exhibitions about gender in what is known as Arlington, Virginia  Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

Stacy Palatt Interviewed Maida Withers regarding her interest and involvement with Dance and Technology.  Stacy was pursuing her PhD at Temple University at the time. Dance and technology interview:
https://vimeo.com/695056450  (01:03:58)

Stacy is interested in creative process through which performers and audience distill the myriad aspects of themselves and the world around them.


Dance Improvisation, Sugarloaf Mountain, Brazil (Eco ’92)
Dana Tai Soon Burgess, Stacy Palatt

Sky Cloud – part of Dance for the Earth Concert (voice and movement).  Stacy Palatt (behind, Lorena Cervantes, Vincent Cacalano, front, David Bentley, behind)

Collaborations