VAUDEZILLA FEATURED ARTIST
Marci
Waacking · Jazz · Modern · Queer Movement · Drag · Storytelling
A Chicago-based dance artist combining precise musicality, geometric movement, queer celebration and drag-informed stage presence with a strong instinct for storytelling.
Chicago, Illinois · He/They · Available to travel
ABOUT MARCI
Geometry, groove and queer celebration.
Marcel “Marci” Byrd is a Chicago-based dance artist whose movement blends freestyle, theatre, old-school grooves and vocabulary across street and concert dance styles. His work has a particular affinity for geometric patterns, avant-garde imagery and queer celebration through waacking.
In addition to dance, Marci brings training as a social worker into a practice rooted in healing, social awareness and freedom. His drag experience adds another layer of stage presence, character, confidence and visual point of view.
What Marci brings to the room
Musical precision
Sharp musicality and an ability to make rhythm visible through shape, timing and groove.
Waacking & queer movement
Expressive arms, posing, groove and queer aesthetics rooted in confidence and celebration.
Character & drag
Stage presence, lip syncing, visual storytelling and the ability to inhabit a role with confidence.
Mobility & range
Flexibility, mobility and movement vocabulary spanning jazz, modern, street and concert forms.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
A movement practice built across stage, community and collaboration.
Marci has performed in spaces including The Kennedy Center and the Obama Presidential Center, and has worked with artists including Crystal Waters, Nick Cave and Princess Lockerooo.
His combination of freestyle instinct, concert-dance training, drag experience and social-work perspective makes him especially useful in productions where movement needs to communicate identity, confidence, transformation or celebration.
Marci within Vaudezilla
The Sovereign
Command, confidence and transformation through stylized movement and presence.
The Current
Rhythm, groove and ensemble energy for movement-driven immersive work.
Custom Productions
Waacking, jazz, drag-informed character and queer movement shaped around the creative brief.
Interested in working with Marci?
Tell us about the room. We’ll confirm availability and recommend how Marci fits the production.