DEANNA PELLECCHIA has been dancing with PJJ/PW since 2000; she is a principal dancer and original cast member of RIDE. An equestrian herself, DeAnna grew up riding horses and has now been dancing with them for 8 years. Ms. Pellecchia is a dancer, athlete, aerialist, actress, and choreographer committed to collaborating with artists of different mediums including musicians, filmmakers, and visual artists. She creates performance pieces that seamlessly blur lines of integration between disciplines, ultimately producing multi-sensory works of live art. Her mission is to expand the perception of “dance” as an accessible art form by engaging audiences of all kinds. In the process of achieving this goal she has not only danced, but soared, climbed, hurdled, hydroplaned, hovered and flown through countless unconventional landscapes across the United States; she has been featured in rodeos, operas, plays, fashion shows, magazines, movies and music videos; and she has taught and been taught by movers of all kinds. The Boston Herald has described her as “stunning…one of the area’s finest artists”. Bay Windows has defined her as “…muscular, mesmerizing, unforgettable…” As co-choreographer of Kairos Dance Theater she crafts original performance pieces with Ingrid Schatz. She also creates site-specific performance installations incorporating all live music with musician Ed Broms under the name Savage Amusements. DeAnna also dances with Boston-based Kinodance Company (named one of Dance Magazine's "Top 25 to Watch" in 2008). She is a dance educator having taught at schools and universities throughout the country. Currently she teaches at Boston University (since 2002) and The Cloud Foundation. www.deannapellecchia.com