Joan Bradford, Alexander Diaz, Beverly Lopez, Cynthia Paniagua

presented by Pepatian in collaboration with HOSTOS Center for the Arts & Culture hostos.cuny.edu/culturearts/

Joan Bradford photo: Whitney Browne, Beverly Lopez photo: Eneida Silva, Alex Diaz, courtesy of the artist, Cynthia Paniagua, courtesy of the artist

Joan Bradford is a choreographer, dancer, teaching artist, and arts administrator born, raised, and still residing in the Bronx, NY. Joan holds her BFA in Dance & minor in Theatre with awards in choreographic achievement from LIU. Joan has performed with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Alexandra Beller, MizantyMoves Dance works,  Alethea Pace, Praevado Dance Collective, KamrDANCE, Haven Movement Company, and Mise en Danse in venues throughout New York City and in residences through Temple University, The Iron Factory, Wilson College, and Lincoln Center Education. Joan has presented work at venues including Symphony Space, Triskelion Arts, Hunter College, Brooklyn School of Music, The Old First Reformed Church, Socrates Sculpture Park, Arts on Site, Hostos Community College, and The Knockdown Center. Joan completed a choreographic residency with Lost Dog Dance Theatre in Lewes, England, and was recently in residence through the Dance Your Future Mentor & Collaborative Residency presented by Pepatián and BAAD! under the mentorship of Sydnie L. Mosley and Alexandra Beller. Currently, Joan performs and rehearsal directs with Sydnie L Mosley Dances while working as a teaching artist and assistant director with The Coalition for Hispanic Family Services Arts & Literacy program, a teaching artist and project manager with The Bronx House, and a producer with WAXworks. Joanbradford.com

Alexander Diaz (Bronx, NY) began his training at the Bronx Dance Academy and Bronx Dance Theater. During high school he was a Fellowship recipient at The Ailey School, and later received his Certificate from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Alex graduated from the LINES Ballet Training Program in 2017 and is currently working with Maurya Kerr's tinypistol, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance, and Christal Brown’s INSPIRIT. For more information visit alexandertheartist.com

Beverly Lopez is a dancer, choreographer and educator.  She is the Artistic Director of REDi Dance Company. Beverly recently presented work at  Bronx Artist Now, an APAP showcase produced by Pepatían at BAAD!. She has presented work in New York City festivals, including WAXworks, Triskelion Arts’ Comedy and Dance Festival, Collective Thread, and BAAD! ASS Women Festival. Most recent performances “Mo Nife Re” by Beatrice Capote, I Am Pulse by Sekou Mcmiller at Hostos Community College, Move to Change at Oberia Dempsey Theatre, Collective Thread at Dixon Place, Land of Concrete at the Hudson Guild Theatre, Monopoly: The Land Lord’s Game at Mark Morris Dance Center, Harlem Voices at the Harlem school of the Arts, and Bountiful by Luis Salgado at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center. 

 Beverly earned a BFA in Multi-Media/Performing Arts at Herbert H. Lehman College. In December of 2018 Beverly choreographed the production of Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, at Lehman College under the direction of Claudia Acosta. She worked as the Dance Education Associate at the AATT Academy at BAAD! and as the Program Manager for Daniel Fetecua Production's youth program at iD Studio Theatre.  She is the founder and facilitator of the Dance Bridge Workshop, a biannual dance intensive for teen artists organized by REDi Dance company. Beverly currently works as a teaching artist at the DreamYard Project.  She continues to build REDi Dance Company with an urgency to inspire healing connections. She continues to serve her community through the Picante Dance fitness series (cardio-based latin dance workout classes) and the Dance Bridge Workshop ( a 5-day program for teen artists). beverlylopez.com

Cynthia Paniagua is a dancer, choreographer, and educator whose work reflects her Peruvian and Puerto Rican ancestral heritage. She was raised in New York City where she earned a B.A. in Dance at Hunter College and a M.A. in Performance Studies at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.  She is a Fulbright scholar who studied at Peru’s two leading folkdance institutions Jose Maria Arguedas and Universidad de San Marcos. Her dance research led her to journey along the Peruvian coast, Andes and Amazon, where she lived and studied with living masters of Peruvian dance.  Her experience was filmed in the PBS aired documentary “Soy Andina” which toured Peru as part of the biggest cultural exchange ever organized by the U.S. Embassy.  She performed throughout Peru and the U.S. and has aired on NBC, Univision, PBS, NatGeo and Peruvian national TV. In 2019, her choreographic work was commissioned  by the UN Symphony Orchestra as for the musical "El Condor Pasa - Andean Hope" by Dante Valdez.   Her choreographic style interweaves contemporary movement and Peruvian traditional dance, highlighting Andean cosmovision, ritual dance and history. She is launching her company KAYPACHA Dance in 2021 and is honored to continue this amazing ancestral dance journey.  “The journeys are part of my quest in order to respect the legacy my ancestors through dance and share that energy with my audience.”  https://www.cynthiapaniagua.com