ABOUT ME



Bio



Chezale is a multidisciplinary teaching/performing artist and arts & cultural worker. She is native to Pittsburgh, PA with Tucson, AZ being her home for most of her life. Her artistic mediums include dance, music & acting.


Musically rooted in Hip-Hop, R&B and Soul. Chezale has recorded and released two full-length studio albums with several collaborative projects in between, both nationally & internationally. She has starred in multiple musicals and stage productions, touring across Arizona and Florida. Chezale is also professionally represented as an actress and voice talent. She has served as a dance educator and mentor for youth, as well as a practical dance instructor with the University of Arizona's Africana Studies and Hip-Hop Minor, since 2016. Chezale is currently earning her graduate degree in Dance Education and more recently has spent time serving as an arts and cultural administrator.


Her dedication to the arts has moved her to incorporate authentic, mindful, inspirational, educational, relatable and culturally sound components to her work that positively impact the communities she works with.



Artistic Statement



Chezale Rodriguez





My purpose is to empower, uplift, celebrate, heal, truth tell, honor self, acknowledge our cultural heritage and histories, actively engage in social change while living in a spirit of gratitude. My artistry is just as multidimensional as we are as human beings. Whether I am creating and teaching movement, setting a performance, writing and recording an original song or giving life to a script...my deepest inspirations are rooted in a core authenticity of spirit, life experience and story that move a student or audience to wonder, to connect, to reflect, to learn, to reminisce and to feel transformed as a result.

Recently, I have undergone my own personal transformation in the face of a life-altering event. In September of 2023, I experienced a devastating spinal cord injury as a result of a near fatal car accident, leaving me with incomplete paralysis, greatly impacting my mobility and daily life. Though this has been a major detour and challenging transition, I feel curious and inspired to push forward in my work.
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My hope is to help bridge the gaps within the arts between people of diverse abilities and communities by experiencing opportunities for greater accessibility, equity, inclusion and visibility. While focusing on my healing journey towards recovery, I aspire to learn, advocate and use my spectrum of artistic expression as an example that despite life's challenges, we can ALL be amplified and we are ALL able.



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