CYNTHIA

PANIAGUA

DANCER-CHOREOGRAPHER

By Annie Eva Kanishka

PERFORMER

As a contemporary, modern and folkloric dancer, Cynthia informs her movement through her rich heritage as a passionate New Yorker, Peruvian, Andean and Puerto Rican woman.

CHOREOGRAPHER

Cynthia's choreographic language aims to go beyond traditional boundaries and explore the heart of her ancestral past and its relationship with present day U.S. and Latin American cultural realities.

DANCE / EDUCATOR

Cynthia strives to bring inspiration to her students by giving them a thorough understanding of technique, history and artistry to each genre.

By Annie Eva Kanishka

WHO IS

CYNTHIA PANIAGUA

Cynthia Paniagua is a dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work reflects her Peruvian and New Yorker heritage. She was raised in New York City where she earned a B.A. in Dance at Hunter College and an M.A in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Shortly after graduating from Hunter, she won a Fulbright Scholarship to study traditional dance in Peru to “quench a burning desire to know the real Peru, my ancestral truth through movement and unearth the mystery of the dances.” ...