Vanessa Hernández Cruz of Galaxies Dance
Dancing Free
October 18
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Vanessa Hernández Cruz (she, her, ella) is an interdependent Chicana Disabled dance artist, filmmaker, visual artist, poet & an Intersectional Disability Justice activist. She was born and raised in the unceded land of the Tongva & Kizh peoples colonially known as Los Angeles, California. She received her Associates Degree in Dance from Santa Monica College and her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Science from California State University Long Beach. In late 2024, she was an Access Movement Play (AMP) Artist in Resident in New York. In the summer she was a virtual dancer for Kayla Hamilton’s work ‘How to Bend Down/How to Pick it Up' that premiered at The SHED in NYC. She recently premiered her new experimental contemporary dance solo titled ‘Soul Seeker' for the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition show 'Abundance' that was later premiered for the 2024 Disabled Art’s Mouthwater Festival in Fall at On The Boards in Seattle. In the late Fall of 2024, Vanessa premiered an evening length at Highways Performance Space titled: Void Decryption ERROR, where she launched a new performance modality by live streaming QBIPOC Disabled dance artists with her on stage.
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